Javafx: get row tableview

Here are two possible options in one (the second works only at the time of execution, so if you want to use it, then you need to put it on some listener):

public class Main2 extends Application { public static final int STYLING_ROW_INDEX = 3; @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception { File folder = new File( "/" ); TableColumn<File,String> fileColumn = new TableColumn<File,String>( "Files" ); TableView<File> table = new TableView<File>(); table.getColumns().add( fileColumn ); fileColumn.setCellValueFactory( new PropertyValueFactory<File,String>( "name" ) ); // вариант 1: table.setRowFactory( new StyleRowFactory<File>() ); table.getItems().addAll(folder.listFiles()); primaryStage.setScene( new Scene(table)); primaryStage.show(); // вариант 2( ломается при scroll'е ): /* for ( Node n: table.lookupAll( "TableRow" ) ) { if ( n instanceof TableRow ) { TableRow row = (TableRow)n; if ( row.getIndex() == STYLING_ROW_INDEX ) { row.setStyle( "-fx-background-color: red;" ); break; } } } */ } public static void main( String[] args ) { launch( args ); } } class StyleRowFactory<T> implements Callback<TableView<T>, TableRow<T>> { // private final int stylingRowIndex; // public StyleRowFactory( int stylingRowIndex ) { // this.stylingRowIndex = stylingRowIndex; // } @Override public TableRow<T> call(TableView<T> tableView) { return new TableRow<T>() { @Override protected void updateItem( T paramT, boolean b ) { if ( getIndex() == Main2.STYLING_ROW_INDEX ) { // if ( tableView.getItems().get( Main2.STYLING_ROW_INDEX ) == paramT ) { setStyle( "-fx-background-color: red;" ); } else { setStyle( null ); } super.updateItem(paramT, b); } }; } } 

Result:

UPDATE: Advanced option (as @DimXenon advised):

 public class Main extends Application { @Override public void start( Stage primaryStage ) throws Exception { ObservableList<Person> persons = FXCollections.<Person>observableArrayList( new Person( "q" ), new Person( "w" ), new Person( "e" ), new Person( "r" ), new Person( "t" ), new Person( "y" ), new Person( "u" ), new Person( "i" ) ); TableColumn<Person,String> nameColumn = new TableColumn<Person,String>( "Человеки" ); nameColumn.setCellValueFactory( cellData -> cellData.getValue().nameProperty ); TableView<Person> table = new TableView<Person>(); table.getColumns().add( nameColumn ); table.getItems().setAll( persons ); table.setRowFactory( new StyleRowFactory() ); VBox.setVgrow( table, Priority.ALWAYS ); Button button = new Button( "qwer" ); button.setOnAction( ae -> { persons.get( 3 ).setHighlight( true ); // грязный хак, чтобы спровоцировать обновление nameColumn.setVisible( false ); nameColumn.setVisible( true ); } ); primaryStage.setScene( new Scene( new VBox( button, table ) )); primaryStage.show(); } public static void main( String[] args ) { launch( args ); } } class StyleRowFactory implements Callback<TableView<Person>, TableRow<Person>> { @Override public TableRow<Person> call(TableView<Person> tableView) { return new TableRow<Person>() { @Override protected void updateItem( Person person, boolean b ) { super.updateItem( person, b ); if ( person == null ) return; if ( person.isHighlight() ) { setStyle( "-fx-background-color: red;" ); } else { setStyle( null ); } } }; } } class Person { public final StringProperty nameProperty; private final BooleanProperty highlightProperty = new SimpleBooleanProperty( false ); public Person( String name ) { nameProperty = new SimpleStringProperty( name ); } public void setHighlight( boolean value ) { highlightProperty.set( value ); } public boolean isHighlight() { return highlightProperty.get(); } } 

Add a "Highlighted" logical field to the data model. Change this flag in the model whenever you like, and in the renderer put the event listener in the constructor to change the value of this logical field. When an event occurs, let the style of the cell containing the data instance change.

I will give the code of two classes: the first class is our data, with a certain flag "highlighted"; second class is a cell renderer.

  private class TableItem { private final BooleanProperty active; private final StringProperty content; public TableItem(String val) { this.active = new SimpleBooleanProperty(false); this.content = new SimpleStringProperty(val); } public void setActive(boolean val) { this.active.setValue(val); } public BooleanProperty getActive() { return this.active; } public void setContent(String val) { this.content.setValue(val); } public StringProperty getContent() { return this.content; } } private static class NiceTableCell extends TableCell<String, TableItem> { public NiceTableCell() { super(); BooleanProperty active = this.getItem().getActive(); active.addListener((Observable c) -> { this.updateStyles(this.getItem()); }); } @Override protected void updateItem(final TableItem item, final boolean empty) { super.updateItem(item, empty); setText(empty ? "" : item.getContent().getValue()); this.setStyle("-fx-background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, .5);"); updateStyles(empty ? null : item); } private void updateStyles(TableItem item) { if (item == null) { return; } if(item.getActive().getValue()){ this.setStyle("-fx-background-color: rgba(255, 0, 0, .5);"); } } } 

After creating an ObservableList<TableItem> you can change the value of the active property for its items and the cells that contain theirs in the table, which are rendered as NiceTableCell will be painted in red.