Open URL in default browser

Question

Hi All,
I'm very new to this (java(fx) programming) and the last days I'm trying to figure out how I can open the default browser when the user clicks the image (loaded from webpage) in the JFXPanel. This image comes from an openx (ads) server and holds a URL as destination link.
So far all my attempts to accomplish this have failed and I'm lost in this.
Currently when clicking the image, the destination webpage opens in in the same JFXpanel (ofcourse), but I would like to open this in the default browser.
this is what I currently have for initiating the scene from swing
            ap = new AdsPanel();
            ap.init();
            JPanel ad = new JPanel();
            ad.add(AdsPanel.fxContainer);the class for loading the webpage:
    //@Override
    public void init()
        fxContainer = new JFXPanel();
        fxContainer.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(JFXPANEL_WIDTH_INT, JFXPANEL_HEIGHT_INT));
        // create JavaFX scene
        Platform.runLater(new Runnable()
            @Override
            public void run()
                createScene();
private void createScene()
        Platform.runLater(new Runnable()
            @Override
            public void run()
                loadURL(FixedVars.SPONSORLINK);
                WebView view = new WebView();
                webEngine = view.getEngine();
                view.setContextMenuEnabled(false);
                Scene scene = new Scene(view);
                fxContainer.setScene(scene);
        });Hope some can help me out.
Thank you very much in advance.

Answer 1

Just found my solution!! OPening the default browser in a separate thread. Please feel free to comment me, on the code (I do not earn my money as a developer)
private void createScene()
        Platform.runLater(new Runnable()
            @Override
            public void run()
                loadURL(FixedVars.SPONSORLINK);
                WebView view = new WebView();
                webEngine = view.getEngine();
                view.setContextMenuEnabled(false);
                webEngine.locationProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<String>()
                    @Override
                    public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends String> observable, final String oldValue, final String newValue)
                            if ( !newValue.contains(FixedVars.SPONSORLINK) )
                                System.out.println("newval =: " + FixedVars.SPONSORLINK);
                                Platform.runLater(new Runnable()
                                    @Override
                                    public void run()
                                        loadURL(oldValue);
                                // open the destination URl in the default browser
                                // class will open a new thread
                                BrowserOpener.main(newValue);
                Scene scene = new Scene(view);
                fxContainer.setScene(scene);
    }and the class opening the default browser:
public abstract class BrowserOpener implements Runnable {
     * url string
    private static String uriString;
    public void open(String url) throws Exception{
        URI u = new URI(url);
        java.awt.Desktop.getDesktop().browse(u);
    public void run() {
        try
            open(uriString);
        catch ( Exception ex )
            Logger.getLogger(BrowserOpener.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
    public static void main(String args) {
        (new Thread(new BrowserOpener() {})).start();
        uriString = args;
}