JavaFX | ToolBar Class

ToolBar class is a part of JavaFX. A ToolBar is a control which displays items vertically or horizontally. Buttons, ToggleButtons, and Separators are generally placed into ToolBar. You can also insert any Node into them. Overflow button will appear if there are too many items to fit in the ToolBar which allow selecting items that are not currently visible in the toolbar. ToolBar sets focusTraversable to false.

Constructor of the class:

1. ToolBar(): Creates an empty toolbar.
2. ToolBar(Node… n): Creates a tool bar populated with the specified nodes.

Commonly Used Methods:

Method	Explanation
getItems()	Returns the items of the toolbar.
getOrientation()	Returns the orientation of the toolbar.
setOrientation(Orientation v)	Sets the value of the orientation of the object.

Below program illustrate the use of ToolBar class:

1. Java program to create a toolbar and add it to the scene: In this program we will create a Toolbar named toolbar. We will also create a Label named label and two Buttons named button1 and button2 and add them to the toolbar. Add the toolbar to the VBox named vbox and add the VBox to the scene. Then add the scene to the stage and call the show() function to display the results.

   // Java program to create a toolbar
   // and add it to the scene
   import javafx.application.Application;
   import javafx.scene.Scene;
   import javafx.scene.control.*;
   import javafx.scene.layout.*;
   import javafx.stage.Stage;
   import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
   import javafx.event.EventHandler;
   import javafx.scene.Group;
   
   public class Toolbar extends Application {
   
       // launch the application
       public void start(Stage stage)
       {
   
           try {
   
               // set title for the stage
               stage.setTitle("creating toolbar");
   
               // create a label
               Label label = new Label("Toolbar");
   
               // creating buttons
               Button button1 = new Button("Button1");
               Button button2 = new Button("Button2");
   
               // creating toolbar
               ToolBar toolbar = new ToolBar(label, button1, button2);
   
               // create a VBox
               VBox vbox = new VBox(toolbar);
   
               // create a scene
               Scene scene = new Scene(vbox, 300, 300);
   
               // set the scene
               stage.setScene(scene);
   
               stage.show();
           }
   
           catch (Exception e) {
   
               System.out.println(e.getMessage());
           }
       }
   
       // Main Method
       public static void main(String args[])
       {
   
           // launch the application
           launch(args);
       }
   }

   Output:
   

2. Java program to create a toolbar and add it to the scene and set the orientation of the toolbar: In this program we will create a Toolbar named toolbar. We will also create a Label named label and two Buttons named button1 and button2 and add them to the toolbar by using the getItems().add() function. Set the orientation of the toolbar using the setOrientation() function. Now add the toolbar to the HBox named hbox and add the HBox to the scene. Finally add the scene to the stage and call the show() function to display the results.

   // Java program to create a toolbar and
   // add it to the scene and set orientation
   // of the toolbar
   import javafx.application.Application;
   import javafx.scene.Scene;
   import javafx.scene.control.*;
   import javafx.scene.layout.*;
   import javafx.stage.Stage;
   import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
   import javafx.event.EventHandler;
   import javafx.scene.Group;
   import javafx.geometry.*;
   
   public class Toolbar_1 extends Application {
   
       // launch the application
       public void start(Stage stage)
       {
   
           try {
   
               // set title for the stage
               stage.setTitle("creating toolbar");
   
               // create a label
               Label label = new Label("Toolbar");
   
               // creating buttons
               Button button1 = new Button("Button1");
               Button button2 = new Button("Button2");
   
               // creating toolbar
               ToolBar toolbar = new ToolBar();
   
               // add items
               toolbar.getItems().add(label);
               toolbar.getItems().add(button1);
               toolbar.getItems().add(button2);
   
               // set orientation of the toolbar
               toolbar.setOrientation(Orientation.VERTICAL);
   
               // create a HBox
               HBox hbox = new HBox(toolbar);
   
               // create a scene
               Scene scene = new Scene(hbox, 300, 300);
   
               // set the scene
               stage.setScene(scene);
   
               stage.show();
           }
   
           catch (Exception e) {
   
               System.out.println(e.getMessage());
           }
       }
   
       // Main Method
       public static void main(String args[])
       {
   
           // launch the application
           launch(args);
       }
   }

   Output:

   

Note: The above programs might not run in an online IDE. Please use an offline compiler.

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/control/ToolBar.html