SwingFXWebView.java

package info.opencards.md;

import com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.embed.swing.JFXPanel;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.web.WebEngine;
import javafx.scene.web.WebView;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;


// Adopted from https://gist.github.com/anjackson/1640654
// see http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/webview/jfxpub-webview.htm

public class SwingFXWebView extends JPanel {


    private JFXPanel jfxPanel;
    private JButton swingButton;
    private WebEngine webEngine;


    public SwingFXWebView() {
        initComponents();
    }


    public static void main(String... args) {
        // Run this later:
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                final JFrame frame = new JFrame();

                frame.getContentPane().add(new SwingFXWebView());

                frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(640, 480));
                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
                frame.setVisible(true);
            }
        });
    }


    private void initComponents() {

        jfxPanel = new JFXPanel();
        createScene();

        setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        add(jfxPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        swingButton = new JButton();
        swingButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {

            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                Platform.runLater(new Runnable() {

                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        webEngine.reload();
                    }
                });
            }
        });
        swingButton.setText("Reload");

        add(swingButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    }


    /**
     * createScene
     * <p/>
     * Note: Key is that Scene needs to be created and run on "FX user thread" NOT on the AWT-EventQueue Thread
     */
    private void createScene() {
        PlatformImpl.startup(new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                Stage stage;
                WebView browser;
                stage = new Stage();

                stage.setTitle("Hello Java FX");
                stage.setResizable(true);

                Group root = new Group();
                Scene scene = new Scene(root, 80, 20);
                stage.setScene(scene);

                // Set up the embedded browser:
                browser = new WebView();
                webEngine = browser.getEngine();
//                webEngine.load("http://heise.de");


//                ScrollPane scrollPane = new ScrollPane();
//                scrollPane.setContent(browser);
                webEngine.loadContent("<b>asdf</b>");

//                root.getChildren().addAll(scrollPane);
//                scene.setRoot(root);
//                stage.setScene(scene);


                ObservableList<Node> children = root.getChildren();
                children.add(browser);

                jfxPanel.setScene(scene);
            }
        });
    }
}