How to make window fullscreen/maximized in Scene Builder? - javafx

I am making a view in SceneBuilder for my JavaFX application. I want my view to be maximized. How can I achieve this in SceneBuilder or the .fxml file?

You cannot do that using Scene Builder, since maximize or fullScreen are properties of the Stage and not the layouts set on the scene.
You can load and set the .fxml on the scene and later set the scene on the stage.
The following methods can be used on the stage :
setMaximized(boolean) - To maximize the stage and fill the screen.
setFullScreen(boolean) - To set stage as full-screen, undecorated window.

As you cannot maximize your view in fxml, you have to set the size of the stage to be maximized. There is no direct method for setting the size of the stage to be maximized in javafx 2 but there is another way you can do this. It is by manually setting the size of the stage. You can use this code:
Screen screen = Screen.getPrimary();
Rectangle2D bounds = screen.getVisualBounds();
primaryStage.setX(bounds.getMinX());
primaryStage.setY(bounds.getMinY());
primaryStage.setWidth(bounds.getWidth());
primaryStage.setHeight(bounds.getHeight());

This is the code that works for me
primaryStage.setMaximized(true);
it miximizes my window screen on the launch of the app.

I agree with Yemmy1000. primaryStage.setMaximized(true) works fine for me.
primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 1800, 850));
primaryStage.setMaximized(true);
This code will go to width: 1800 and height:900 when restored down from maximum.

Two properties I found in stage which are useful.
First is setFullScreen(boolean) which will set your view to full screeb, but it will also hide all the taskbar and header of view.
Second is setMaximized(boolean) which will set you view to perfect like any other application view size.
I an using setMaximized(true) for my application.

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I created a FXML file using JavaFX Scene Builder 1.1. An AnchorPane is created by default. Why can't I modify the resizable attribute?
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stage.setResizable(false);
Why you can't edit bounds
Checkout the javadoc on layoutBounds and boundsInLocal. You will notice that both are ReadOnlyObjectProperties, which is why you can't directly modify them in SceneBuilder.
How to resize a node in SceneBuilder
You can indirectly effect the bounds properties and directly set the resizable properties of the node by altering the min, pref and max height and width.
You can also set the pref size by selecting the pane to be resized and dragging the resizing anchors the surround the selected pane.
Further Information
You might want to read the Oracle tutorial on Tips for Sizing Nodes and Amy Fowler's presentation on JavaFX layout.
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