1. JavaFX Tutorial
2. JavaFX Overview
3. Your First JavaFX Application
4. JavaFX Stage
5. JavaFX Scene
6. JavaFX Node
7. JavaFX Properties
8. JavaFX FXML
9. JavaFX CSS Styling
10. JavaFX ImageView
11. JavaFX Text
12. JavaFX Fonts
13. JavaFX Hyperlink
14. JavaFX Label
15. JavaFX Button
16. JavaFX MenuButton
17. JavaFX SplitMenuButton
18. JavaFX ToggleButton
19. JavaFX RadioButton
20. JavaFX CheckBox
21. JavaFX ChoiceBox
22. JavaFX ComboBox
23. JavaFX ListView
24. JavaFX DatePicker
25. JavaFX ColorPicker
26. JavaFX TextField
27. JavaFX PasswordField
28. JavaFX Slider
29. JavaFX TextArea
30. JavaFX ToolBar
31. JavaFX Tooltip
32. JavaFX ProgressBar
33. JavaFX FileChooser
34. JavaFX DirectoryChooser
35. JavaFX Accordion
36. JavaFX TitledPane
37. JavaFX SplitPane
38. JavaFX TabPane
39. JavaFX ScrollPane
40. JavaFX Group
41. JavaFX Region
42. JavaFX Pane
43. JavaFX HBox
44. JavaFX VBox
45. JavaFX Separator
46. JavaFX FlowPane
47. JavaFX TilePane
48. JavaFX GridPane
49. JavaFX MenuBar
50. JavaFX ContexMenu
51. JavaFX WebView
52. JavaFX PieChart
53. JavaFX TableView
54. JavaFX TreeView
55. JavaFX TreeTableView
56. JavaFX HTMLEditor
57. JavaFX Pagination
58. JavaFX BarChart
59. JavaFX StackedBarChart
60. JavaFX ScatterChart
61. JavaFX LineChart
62. JavaFX AreaChart
63. JavaFX StackedAreaChart
64. JavaFX Color
65. JavaFX 2D
66. JavaFX Effects
67. JavaFX 3D
68. JavaFX Transformation
69. JavaFX Animation
70. JavaFX Media - JavaFX Video and Audio Support
71. JavaFX Canvas
72. JavaFX Drag and Drop
73. JavaFX Concurrency

• JavaFX Hyperlink Example
• Create a Hyperlink
• Set Hyperlink Text
• Set Hyperlink Font
• Set Hyperlink Action

The JavaFX Hyperlink control is a text that functions as a button, meaning you can configure a Hyperlink to perform some action when the user clicks it. Just like a hyperlink in a web page. The JavaFX Hyperlink control is represented by the class javafx.scene.control.Hyperlink .

Here is a screenshot showing how a JavaFX Hyperlink looks:

JavaFX Hyperlink Example

Here is a full JavaFX Hyperlink example:

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Hyperlink;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class HyperlinkExample extends Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
        primaryStage.setTitle("JavaFX App");

        Hyperlink link = new Hyperlink("Click Me!");

        VBox vBox = new VBox(link);
        Scene scene = new Scene(vBox, 960, 600);

        primaryStage.setScene(scene);
        primaryStage.show();
    }

}

This example is a full JavaFX application that creates a Hyperlink, inserts it into a JavaFX VBox which is then added to a JavaFX Scene. The Scene is then added to a JavaFX Stage which is then made visible.

Create a Hyperlink

In order to use a JavaFX Hyperlink control you must first create a Hyperlink instance. Here is an example of creating a JavaFX Hyperlink instance:

Hyperlink link = new Hyperlink("Click me!");

Set Hyperlink Text

It is possible to change the text of a JavaFX Hyperlink via its setText() method. Here is an example of changing the text of a JavaFX Hyperlink:

Hyperlink link = new Hyperlink("Click me!");

link.setText("New link text");

Set Hyperlink Font

It is possible to change the font of a JavaFX Hyperlink via its setFont() method. You can read more about creating fonts in my JavaFX Fonts tutorial. Here is an example of setting the font of a JavaFX Hyperlink:

Hyperlink link = new Hyperlink("Click Me!");

Font courierNewFontBold36 = Font.font("Courier New", FontWeight.BOLD, 36);

link.setFont(courierNewFontBold36);

Set Hyperlink Action

To respond to clicks on a JavaFX Hyperlink you set an action listener on the Hyperlink instance. Here is an example of setting an action listener on a JavaFX Hyperlink instance:

Hyperlink link = new Hyperlink("Click me!");

link.setOnAction(e -> {
    System.out.println("The Hyperlink was clicked!");
});