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    copied!<p>I Need to bind controls from different fxml in the main controller. I have 3 fxml files named MainView.fxml, ChildView1.fxml and ChildView2.fxml.</p> <p><strong>MainView.fxml</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;AnchorPane fx:id="view" prefHeight="280.0" prefWidth="500.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/2.2" fx:controller="binding.example2.MainViewController"&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;VBox prefHeight="280.0" prefWidth="500.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0"&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;fx:include fx:id="child1" source="ChildView1.fxml" /&gt; &lt;fx:include fx:id="child2" source="ChildView2.fxml" /&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/VBox&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/AnchorPane&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>ChildView1.fxml</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;AnchorPane fx:id="view" prefHeight="78.0" prefWidth="464.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/2.2" fx:controller="binding.example2.ChildView1Controller"&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;HBox layoutX="32.0" layoutY="14.0" prefHeight="51.0" prefWidth="200.0" spacing="10.0"&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;Button fx:id="button1" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="37.0" text="Button1" /&gt; &lt;Button fx:id="button2" mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="37.0" text="Button2" /&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/HBox&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/AnchorPane&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>ChildView2.fxml</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;AnchorPane fx:id="view" prefHeight="244.0" prefWidth="568.0" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/2.2" fx:controller="binding.example2.ChildView2Controller"&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;TableView fx:id="tableView" prefHeight="244.0" prefWidth="568.0" AnchorPane.bottomAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.leftAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.rightAnchor="0.0" AnchorPane.topAnchor="0.0" /&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/AnchorPane&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>MainController.java</strong> </p> <pre><code>package binding.example2; import javafx.fxml.FXML; import javafx.scene.Parent; import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane; public class MainViewController { @FXML private Parent view; @FXML private AnchorPane child1; @FXML private AnchorPane child2; @FXML private ChildView1Controller childView1Controller; @FXML private ChildView2Controller childView2Controller; @FXML void initialize() { System.out.println("MainViewController.initialize()"); // childView1Controller.getButton1() ; } public Parent getView() { return view; } } </code></pre> <p><strong>ChildView1Controller.java</strong></p> <pre><code>package binding.example2; import java.net.URL; import java.util.ResourceBundle; import javafx.fxml.FXML; import javafx.scene.Node; import javafx.scene.control.Button; public class ChildView1Controller { @FXML private ResourceBundle resources; @FXML private URL location; @FXML private Button button1; @FXML private Button button2; @FXML private Node view; @FXML void initialize() { System.out.println("ChildView1Controller.initialize()"); button1.setDisable(true); } public Node getView() { return view; } public Button getButton1(){ return button1; } } </code></pre> <p><strong>ChildView2Controller.java</strong></p> <pre><code>package binding.example2; import javafx.collections.FXCollections; import javafx.collections.ObservableList; import javafx.fxml.FXML; import javafx.scene.Node; import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn; import javafx.scene.control.TableView; import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory; public class ChildView2Controller { @FXML private Node view; @FXML private TableView&lt;Person&gt; tableView; ObservableList&lt;Person&gt; data ; public Node getView(){ return view ; } @FXML void initialize() { System.out.println("ChildView2Controller.initialize()"); //populateTable(); } public TableView&lt;Person&gt; getTableView(){ return tableView ; } } </code></pre> <p>By default, button1 is disabled from ChildView1Controller. </p> <p>I want to enable it when a table row in my other view (ChildView2.fxml) is selected. Again disable it when the table row is deselected. Basically i want to bind the button and table so that button is enabled when a table row is selected. Please help me with the MainViewController code to bind the button and the table row. </p>
 

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