I'm looking for a way to add autocomplete to a JavaFX ComboBox
.
This AutoFillBox
is known but not what I'm searching.
What I want is a editable ComboBox, and while typing the list should filtered. But I want also to open the list without typing and seeing the whole items.
Any idea?
I found a solution that's working for me:
public class AutoCompleteComboBoxListener<T> implements EventHandler<KeyEvent> {
private ComboBox comboBox;
private StringBuilder sb;
private ObservableList<T> data;
private boolean moveCaretToPos = false;
private int caretPos;
public AutoCompleteComboBoxListener(final ComboBox comboBox) {
this.comboBox = comboBox;
sb = new StringBuilder();
data = comboBox.getItems();
this.comboBox.setEditable(true);
this.comboBox.setOnKeyPressed(new EventHandler<KeyEvent>() {
@Override
public void handle(KeyEvent t) {
comboBox.hide();
}
});
this.comboBox.setOnKeyReleased(AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.this);
}
@Override
public void handle(KeyEvent event) {
if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.UP) {
caretPos = -1;
moveCaret(comboBox.getEditor().getText().length());
return;
} else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.DOWN) {
if(!comboBox.isShowing()) {
comboBox.show();
}
caretPos = -1;
moveCaret(comboBox.getEditor().getText().length());
return;
} else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.BACK_SPACE) {
moveCaretToPos = true;
caretPos = comboBox.getEditor().getCaretPosition();
} else if(event.getCode() == KeyCode.DELETE) {
moveCaretToPos = true;
caretPos = comboBox.getEditor().getCaretPosition();
}
if (event.getCode() == KeyCode.RIGHT || event.getCode() == KeyCode.LEFT
|| event.isControlDown() || event.getCode() == KeyCode.HOME
|| event.getCode() == KeyCode.END || event.getCode() == KeyCode.TAB) {
return;
}
ObservableList list = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
for (int i=0; i<data.size(); i++) {
if(data.get(i).toString().toLowerCase().startsWith(
AutoCompleteComboBoxListener.this.comboBox
.getEditor().getText().toLowerCase())) {
list.add(data.get(i));
}
}
String t = comboBox.getEditor().getText();
comboBox.setItems(list);
comboBox.getEditor().setText(t);
if(!moveCaretToPos) {
caretPos = -1;
}
moveCaret(t.length());
if(!list.isEmpty()) {
comboBox.show();
}
}
private void moveCaret(int textLength) {
if(caretPos == -1) {
comboBox.getEditor().positionCaret(textLength);
} else {
comboBox.getEditor().positionCaret(caretPos);
}
moveCaretToPos = false;
}
}
You can call it with
new AutoCompleteComboBoxListener<>(comboBox);
It's based on this and I customized it to fit my needs.
Feel free to use it and if anybody can improve it, tell me.