Display/Edit Properties in a Table

Question

Hello everyone,
i'm currently writing a javafx2 app for my bachelor thesis.
in that app, i need a table like view to display the properties in.
but, a normal TableView doesn't do what i want:
a TableView expects a new object for each Row, and displays the columns (aka properties) sideways
but i need them displayed downwards.
my first attempt was a normal tableview, but i didn't manage to display them the way i wanted
my 2nd attempt, was a combination of a splitpane and 2 ListViews, which in fact worked, regarding the way properties/their names were displayed.
but: i didn't manage to make the ListCells editable...
i'll post a short code, containing an example class that i want to display, and the code of my 2nd attempt.
would be great if you could guide me to either a solution with the TableView, as i'd preferr that solution, or hint me how to make ListCells in a ListView editable.
public class MyClass
   private String name;
   private String type;
   private Double creationTime;
   public MyClass(MyObject object)
      this.name = object.getName();
      this.type = object.getType();
      this.creationTime = object.getCreationTime();
   public String getName()
      return this.name;
   public void setName(String newName)
      this.name = newName;
   public String getType()
      return this.type;
   public void setType(String newType)
      this.type = newType;
   public Double getCreationTime()
      return this.creationTime;
   public void setCreationTime(Double newCreationTime)
      this.CreationTime = newCreationTime;
}that's the class of the object whose properties i want to displayed/edited
public class MyListView extends SplitPane {
    ListView propertyNamesListView;
    ListView propertyValuesListView;
    private MyObject object;
    private ObservableList<String> propertyName;
    private ObservableList<String> propertyValue;
    static class EditableListCell extends ListCell<String>{
        public EditableListCell() {
            super();
            this.setEditable(true);
        @Override
        public void updateItem(String item, boolean empty)
            super.updateItem(item, empty);
            setText(item);
            setEditable(true);
    public MyListView()
        propertyNamesListView = new ListView();
        propertyValuesListView = new ListView();
        propertyValuesListView.setEditable(true);
        propertyValuesListView.setCellFactory(new Callback<ListView<String>, ListCell<String>>() {
            @Override public ListCell<String> call(ListView<String> list) {
                return new EditableListCell();
        propertyValuesListView.getFocusModel().focusedIndexProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener() {
            @Override
            public void changed(ObservableValue observable, Object oldValue, Object newValue) {
                if(newValue instanceof Integer)
                    propertyValuesListView.edit((Integer)newValue);
        this.getItems().addAll(propertyNamesListView, propertyValuesListView);
    public void setObject(MyObject object)
        this.object = object();
        propertyValue = FXCollections.observableArrayList();
        propertyValue.add(object.getName());
        propertyValue.add(object.getType());
        propertyValuesListView.setItems(propertyValue);
        propertyName = FXCollections.observableArrayList("Name", "Type");
        propertyNamesListView.setItems(propertyName);
}that's my take on the combined ListViews, but i can't edit the fields :(
i really hope that you can help me, looking forward for your responses :-)

Answer 1

Thank you Carsten,
I had the wrong Item.
I used "display as text (saves state)"....
Regards,
Tim