Javafx multiple key events

Question

I have created a program in which a scene have two objects, and each object reacts when certain key is pressed, for example, when 1 is pressed , object 1 prints it's state,a and when 2 is pressed object 2 reports its state, but the program only work for object which is declared first in the scene
following is an illustration
import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
* @author Vaibhav
Stage{
    scene: Scene{
        content: [
            Rectangle{
                onKeyPressed: function(ex:KeyEvent):Void{
                    println('first rectangle');
            Rectangle{
                onKeyPressed: function(ex:KeyEvent):Void{
                    println('Second rectangle');
}but it prints only for fist rectangle , is there a workaround

Answer 1

Only the object, which has the focus, can react on key events. Apparently in your case the first object has the focus, therefore the second one does not receive the events. You can set the focus manually with requestFocus().