Add combo box into table pagination

Question

I want to add combo box into JavaFX table with pagination. Something like that:
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Pagination;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Callback;
public class MainApp extends Application
   final ObservableList<Person> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
   new Person("1", "Joe", "Pesci"),
   new Person("2", "Audrey", "Hepburn"),
   new Person("3", "Gregory", "Peck")
   private Pagination pagination;
   public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
  launch(args);
   public int itemsPerPage()
   return 1;
   public int rowsPerPage()
   return 5;
   public VBox createPage(int pageIndex)
   int lastIndex = 0;
   int displace = data.size() % rowsPerPage();
   if (displace > 0)
  lastIndex = data.size() / rowsPerPage();
   else
  lastIndex = data.size() / rowsPerPage() - 1;
   VBox box = new VBox(5);
   int page = pageIndex * itemsPerPage();
   for (int i = page; i < page + itemsPerPage(); i++)
   TableView<Person> table = new TableView<>();
   TableColumn numCol = new TableColumn("ID");
  numCol.setCellValueFactory(
   new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("num"));
  numCol.setMinWidth(20);
   TableColumn firstNameCol = new TableColumn("First Name");
  firstNameCol.setCellValueFactory(
   new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("firstName"));
  firstNameCol.setMinWidth(160);
   TableColumn lastNameCol = new TableColumn("Last Name");
  lastNameCol.setCellValueFactory(
   new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("lastName"));
  lastNameCol.setMinWidth(160);
  table.getColumns().addAll(numCol, firstNameCol, lastNameCol);
   if (lastIndex == pageIndex)
  table.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(data.subList(pageIndex * rowsPerPage(), pageIndex * rowsPerPage() + displace)));
   else
  table.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(data.subList(pageIndex * rowsPerPage(), pageIndex * rowsPerPage() + rowsPerPage())));
  box.getChildren().add(table);
   return box;
   @Override
   public void start(final Stage stage) throws Exception
  pagination = new Pagination((data.size() / rowsPerPage() + 1), 0);
   // pagination = new Pagination(20 , 0);
   //pagination.setStyle("-fx-border-color:red;");
  pagination.setPageFactory(new Callback<Integer, Node>()
   @Override
   public Node call(Integer pageIndex)
   if (pageIndex > data.size() / rowsPerPage() + 1)
   return null;
   else
   return createPage(pageIndex);
   public static class Person
   private final SimpleStringProperty num;
   private final SimpleStringProperty firstName;
   private final SimpleStringProperty lastName;
   private Person(String id, String fName, String lName)
   this.firstName = new SimpleStringProperty(fName);
   this.lastName = new SimpleStringProperty(lName);
   this.num = new SimpleStringProperty(id);
   public String getFirstName()
   return firstName.get();
   public void setFirstName(String fName)
  firstName.set(fName);
   public String getLastName()
   return lastName.get();
   public void setLastName(String fName)
  lastName.set(fName);
   public String getNum()
   return num.get();
   public void setNum(String id)
  num.set(id);
I suppose that this can be done with StackPane but I need some other more universal way to do this because I want to expand the table size. I need to place there the combo box always in a fix position.
Ref http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21147261/add-combo-box-into-table-pagination

Answer 1

Hi. You can do it using an AnchorPane:
AnchorPane.setBottomAnchor(comboBox, 40.0);
AnchorPane.setLeftAnchor(comboBox, 12.0);
The complete  example :
import java.util.List;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ListChangeListener;
import javafx.collections.ListChangeListener.Change;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Pagination;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Callback;
public class TablePager extends Application {
    final ObservableList<Person> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(
            new Person("1", "Joe", "Pesci"),
            new Person("2", "Audrey", "Hepburn"),
            new Person("3", "Gregory", "Peck"),
            new Person("4", "Cary", "Grant"),
            new Person("5", "De", "Niro"),
            new Person("6", "Katharine", "Hepburn"),
            new Person("7", "Jack", "Nicholson"),
            new Person("8", "Morgan", "Freeman"),
            new Person("9", "Elizabeth", "Taylor"),
            new Person("10", "Marcello", "Mastroianni"),
            new Person("11", "Innokenty", "Smoktunovsky"),
            new Person("12", "Sophia", "Loren"),
            new Person("13", "Alexander", "Kalyagin"),
            new Person("14", "Peter", "OToole"),
            new Person("15", "Gene", "Wilder"),
            new Person("16", "Evgeny", "Evstegneev"),
            new Person("17", "Michael", "Caine"),
            new Person("18", "Jean-Paul", "Belmondo"),
            new Person("19", " Julia", "Roberts"),
            new Person("20", "James", "Stewart"),
            new Person("21", "Sandra", "Bullock"),
            new Person("22", "Paul", "Newman"),
            new Person("23", "Oleg", "Tabakov"),
            new Person("24", "Mary", "Steenburgen"),
            new Person("25", "Jackie", "Chan"),
            new Person("26", "Rodney", "Dangerfield"),
            new Person("27", "Betty", "White"),
            new Person("28", "Eddie", "Murphy"),
            new Person("29", "Amitabh", "Bachchan"),
            new Person("30", "Nicole", "Kidman"),
            new Person("31", "Adriano", "Celentano"),
            new Person("32", "Rhonda", " Fleming's"),
            new Person("32", "Humphrey", "Bogart"));
    private Pagination pagination;
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        launch(args);
    public int itemsPerPage() {
        return 1;
    public int rowsPerPage() {
        return 5;
    public VBox createPage(int pageIndex) {
        int lastIndex = 0;
        int displace = data.size() % rowsPerPage();
        if (displace > 0) {
            lastIndex = data.size() / rowsPerPage();
        } else {
            lastIndex = data.size() / rowsPerPage() - 1;
        VBox box = new VBox();
        int page = pageIndex * itemsPerPage();
        for (int i = page; i < page + itemsPerPage(); i++) {
            TableView<Person> table = new TableView<Person>();
            TableColumn numCol = new TableColumn("ID");
            numCol.setCellValueFactory(
                    new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("num"));
            numCol.setMinWidth(20);
            TableColumn firstNameCol = new TableColumn("First Name");
            firstNameCol.setCellValueFactory(
                    new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("firstName"));
            firstNameCol.setMinWidth(160);
            TableColumn lastNameCol = new TableColumn("Last Name");
            lastNameCol.setCellValueFactory(
                    new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("lastName"));
            lastNameCol.setMinWidth(160);
            table.getColumns().addAll(numCol, firstNameCol, lastNameCol);
            if (lastIndex == pageIndex) {
                table.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(data.subList(pageIndex * rowsPerPage(), pageIndex * rowsPerPage() + displace)));
            } else {
                table.setItems(FXCollections.observableArrayList(data.subList(pageIndex * rowsPerPage(), pageIndex * rowsPerPage() + rowsPerPage())));
            box.getChildren().addAll(table);
        return box;
    @Override
    public void start(final Stage stage) throws Exception {
        ObservableList<String> options =
                FXCollections.observableArrayList(
                "Opt1",
                "Opt2",
                "Opt3");
        final ComboBox comboBox = new ComboBox(options);
        pagination = new Pagination((data.size() / rowsPerPage() + 1), 0);
        //   pagination = new Pagination(20 , 0);
        pagination.setStyle("-fx-border-color:red;");
        pagination.setPageFactory(new Callback<Integer, Node>() {
            @Override
            public Node call(Integer pageIndex) {
                if (pageIndex > data.size() / rowsPerPage() + 1) {
                    return null;
                } else {
                    return createPage(pageIndex);
        AnchorPane anchor = new AnchorPane();
        AnchorPane.setTopAnchor(pagination, 10.0);
        AnchorPane.setRightAnchor(pagination, 10.0);
        AnchorPane.setBottomAnchor(pagination, 10.0);
        AnchorPane.setLeftAnchor(pagination, 10.0);
        Scene scene = new Scene(anchor, 400, 250);
        AnchorPane.setBottomAnchor(comboBox, 40.0);
        AnchorPane.setLeftAnchor(comboBox, 12.0);
        anchor.getChildren().addAll(pagination, comboBox);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.setTitle("Table pager");
        stage.show();
    public static class Person {
        private final SimpleStringProperty num;
        private final SimpleStringProperty firstName;
        private final SimpleStringProperty lastName;
        private Person(String id, String fName, String lName) {
            this.firstName = new SimpleStringProperty(fName);
            this.lastName = new SimpleStringProperty(lName);
            this.num = new SimpleStringProperty(id);
        public String getFirstName() {
            return firstName.get();
        public void setFirstName(String fName) {
            firstName.set(fName);
        public String getLastName() {
            return lastName.get();
        public void setLastName(String fName) {
            lastName.set(fName);
        public String getNum() {
            return num.get();
        public void setNum(String id) {
            num.set(id);