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package choiceboxsample;

import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.ChoiceBox;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.Tooltip;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class ChoiceBoxSample extends Application {

    Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(150, 30);
    final Label label = new Label("Hello");

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
        Scene scene = new Scene(new Group());
        scene.setFill(Color.ALICEBLUE);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();

        stage.setTitle("ChoiceBox Sample");
        stage.setWidth(300);
        stage.setHeight(200);

        label.setStyle("-fx-font: 25 arial;");
        label.setLayoutX(40);

        rect.setArcHeight(8);
        rect.setArcWidth(8);
        rect.setStroke(Color.BLUE);
        rect.setStrokeWidth(3);
        rect.setFill(Color.WHITE);

        final String[] greetings = new String[]{"Hello", "Hola", "Привет", "你好",
            "こんにちは"};
        final ChoiceBox cb = new ChoiceBox(FXCollections.observableArrayList(
            "English", "Español", "Русский", "简体中文", "日本語")
        );
        
        
           cb.getSelectionModel().selectedIndexProperty().addListener(new
            ChangeListener<Number>() {
                public void changed(ObservableValue ov,
                    Number value, Number new_value) {
                        label.setText(greetings[new_value.intValue()]);
            }
        });

        cb.setTooltip(new Tooltip("Select the language"));
        cb.setValue("English");
        HBox hb = new HBox();
        hb.getChildren().addAll(cb, label);
        hb.setSpacing(30);
        hb.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
        hb.setPadding(new Insets(10, 0, 0, 10));

        ((Group) scene.getRoot()).getChildren().add(hb);
        
    }
}