public class EffectTest extends Application { @Override public void start(Stage stage) { stage.setTitle("Hello Drag And Drop"); Group root = new Group(); Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 200); scene.setFill(Color.LIGHTGREEN); final Text source = new Text(50, 100, "DRAG ME"); source.setScaleX(2.0); source.setScaleY(2.0); final Text target = new Text(250, 100, "DROP HERE"); target.setScaleX(2.0); target.setScaleY(2.0); source.setOnDragDetected((MouseEvent event) -> { /* drag was detected, start drag-and-drop gesture*/ System.out.println("onDragDetected"); /* allow any transfer mode */ Dragboard db = source.startDragAndDrop(TransferMode.ANY); /* put a string on dragboard */ ClipboardContent content = new ClipboardContent(); content.putString(source.getText()); db.setContent(content); event.consume(); }); target.setOnDragOver((DragEvent event) -> { /* data is dragged over the target */ System.out.println("onDragOver"); /* accept it only if it is not dragged from the same node * and if it has a string data */ if (event.getGestureSource() != target && event.getDragboard().hasString()) { /* allow for both copying and moving, whatever user chooses */ event.acceptTransferModes(TransferMode.COPY_OR_MOVE); } event.consume(); }); target.setOnDragEntered((DragEvent event) -> { /* the drag-and-drop gesture entered the target */ System.out.println("onDragEntered"); /* show to the user that it is an actual gesture target */ if (event.getGestureSource() != target && event.getDragboard().hasString()) { target.setFill(Color.GREEN); } event.consume(); }); target.setOnDragExited((DragEvent event) -> { /* mouse moved away, remove the graphical cues */ target.setFill(Color.BLACK); event.consume(); }); target.setOnDragDropped((DragEvent event) -> { /* data dropped */ System.out.println("onDragDropped"); /* if there is a string data on dragboard, read it and use it */ Dragboard db = event.getDragboard(); boolean success = false; if (db.hasString()) { target.setText(db.getString()); success = true; } /* let the source know whether the string was successfully * transferred and used */ event.setDropCompleted(success); event.consume(); }); source.setOnDragDone((DragEvent event) -> { /* the drag-and-drop gesture ended */ System.out.println("onDragDone"); /* if the data was successfully moved, clear it */ if (event.getTransferMode() == TransferMode.MOVE) { source.setText(""); } event.consume(); }); root.getChildren().add(source); root.getChildren().add(target); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); } } //