Example about performing copy/paste on a TableView.

TableCopyPasteCellsDemo.java

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleIntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleStringProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
import javafx.collections.FXCollections;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.SelectionMode;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.control.cell.PropertyValueFactory;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class TableCopyPasteCellsDemo extends Application {

	private final ObservableList<Person> data = FXCollections.observableArrayList(new Person("Jacob", "Smith", 18), new Person("Isabella", "Johnson", 19), new Person("Ethan", "Williams", 20), new Person("Michael", "Brown", 21));

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

	@Override
	public void start(Stage stage) {

		stage.setWidth(500);
		stage.setHeight(550);

		// create table columns
		TableColumn<Person, String> firstNameCol = new TableColumn<Person, String>("First Name");
		firstNameCol.setMinWidth(100);
		firstNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("firstName"));

		TableColumn<Person, String> lastNameCol = new TableColumn<Person, String>("Last Name");
		lastNameCol.setMinWidth(100);
		lastNameCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Person, String>("lastName"));

		TableColumn<Person, Integer> ageCol = new TableColumn<Person, Integer>("Age");
		ageCol.setMinWidth(60);
		ageCol.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<Person, Integer>("age"));

		
		TableView<Person> table = new TableView<>();
		table.setPlaceholder(new Text("No content in table"));
		table.setItems(data);
		table.getColumns().addAll(firstNameCol, lastNameCol, ageCol);

		final VBox vbox = new VBox();
		vbox.setSpacing(5);
		vbox.setPadding(new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10));

		BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane();
		borderPane.setCenter(table);

		vbox.getChildren().addAll(borderPane);

		vbox.getChildren().add( new Label( "Select cells and press CTRL+C. Paste the data into Excel or Notepad"));
		
		Scene scene = new Scene(vbox);

		stage.setScene(scene);
		stage.show();

		// enable multi-selection
		table.getSelectionModel().setCellSelectionEnabled(true);
		table.getSelectionModel().setSelectionMode(SelectionMode.MULTIPLE);

		// enable copy/paste
		TableUtils.installCopyPasteHandler(table);
	}


	public static class Person {

		private final StringProperty firstName;
		private final StringProperty lastName;
		private final IntegerProperty age;

		private Person(String fName, String lName, Integer age) {
			this.firstName = new SimpleStringProperty(fName);
			this.lastName = new SimpleStringProperty(lName);
			this.age = new SimpleIntegerProperty(age);
		}

		public final StringProperty firstNameProperty() {
			return this.firstName;
		}

		public final java.lang.String getFirstName() {
			return this.firstNameProperty().get();
		}

		public final void setFirstName(final java.lang.String firstName) {
			this.firstNameProperty().set(firstName);
		}

		public final StringProperty lastNameProperty() {
			return this.lastName;
		}

		public final java.lang.String getLastName() {
			return this.lastNameProperty().get();
		}

		public final void setLastName(final java.lang.String lastName) {
			this.lastNameProperty().set(lastName);
		}

		public final IntegerProperty ageProperty() {
			return this.age;
		}

		public final int getAge() {
			return this.ageProperty().get();
		}

		public final void setAge(final int age) {
			this.ageProperty().set(age);
		}

	}
	

}

TableUtils.java

import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import javafx.beans.property.DoubleProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.IntegerProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.StringProperty;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.collections.ObservableList;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.control.TableColumn;
import javafx.scene.control.TablePosition;
import javafx.scene.control.TableView;
import javafx.scene.input.Clipboard;
import javafx.scene.input.ClipboardContent;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyCode;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyCodeCombination;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyCombination;
import javafx.scene.input.KeyEvent;

public class TableUtils {

	private static NumberFormat numberFormatter = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance();

	
	/**
	 * Install the keyboard handler:
	 *   + CTRL + C = copy to clipboard
	 *   + CTRL + V = paste to clipboard
	 * @param table
	 */
	public static void installCopyPasteHandler(TableView<?> table) {

		// install copy/paste keyboard handler
		table.setOnKeyPressed(new TableKeyEventHandler());

	}

	/**
	 * Copy/Paste keyboard event handler.
	 * The handler uses the keyEvent's source for the clipboard data. The source must be of type TableView.
	 */
	public static class TableKeyEventHandler implements EventHandler<KeyEvent> {

		KeyCodeCombination copyKeyCodeCompination = new KeyCodeCombination(KeyCode.C, KeyCombination.CONTROL_ANY);
		KeyCodeCombination pasteKeyCodeCompination = new KeyCodeCombination(KeyCode.V, KeyCombination.CONTROL_ANY);

		public void handle(final KeyEvent keyEvent) {

			if (copyKeyCodeCompination.match(keyEvent)) {

				if( keyEvent.getSource() instanceof TableView) {
				
					// copy to clipboard
					copySelectionToClipboard( (TableView<?>) keyEvent.getSource());
	
					// event is handled, consume it
					keyEvent.consume();
					
				}

			} 
			else if (pasteKeyCodeCompination.match(keyEvent)) {

				if( keyEvent.getSource() instanceof TableView) {
				
					// copy to clipboard
					pasteFromClipboard( (TableView<?>) keyEvent.getSource());
	
					// event is handled, consume it
					keyEvent.consume();
					
				}

			} 

		}

	}

	/**
	 * Get table selection and copy it to the clipboard.
	 * @param table
	 */
	public static void copySelectionToClipboard(TableView<?> table) {

		StringBuilder clipboardString = new StringBuilder();

		ObservableList<TablePosition> positionList = table.getSelectionModel().getSelectedCells();

		int prevRow = -1;

		for (TablePosition position : positionList) {

			int row = position.getRow();
			int col = position.getColumn();

			// determine whether we advance in a row (tab) or a column
			// (newline).
			if (prevRow == row) {
				
				clipboardString.append('\t');
				
			} else if (prevRow != -1) {
				
				clipboardString.append('\n');
				
			}

			// create string from cell
			String text = "";
			
			Object observableValue = (Object) table.getColumns().get(col).getCellObservableValue( row);
			
			// null-check: provide empty string for nulls
			if (observableValue == null) {
				text = "";
			}
			else if( observableValue instanceof DoubleProperty) { // TODO: handle boolean etc
				
	    		text = numberFormatter.format( ((DoubleProperty) observableValue).get());
	    		
	    	}
	    	else if( observableValue instanceof IntegerProperty) { 

	    		text = numberFormatter.format( ((IntegerProperty) observableValue).get());
	    		
	    	}			    	
	    	else if( observableValue instanceof StringProperty) { 
	    		
	    		text = ((StringProperty) observableValue).get();
	    		
	    	}
	    	else {
	    		System.out.println("Unsupported observable value: " + observableValue);
	    	}

			// add new item to clipboard
			clipboardString.append(text);

			// remember previous
			prevRow = row;
		}

		// create clipboard content
		final ClipboardContent clipboardContent = new ClipboardContent();
		clipboardContent.putString(clipboardString.toString());

		// set clipboard content
		Clipboard.getSystemClipboard().setContent(clipboardContent);
	
		
	}

	public static void pasteFromClipboard( TableView<?> table) {
		
		// abort if there's not cell selected to start with
		if( table.getSelectionModel().getSelectedCells().size() == 0) {
			return;
		}
				
		// get the cell position to start with
		TablePosition pasteCellPosition = table.getSelectionModel().getSelectedCells().get(0);
		
		System.out.println("Pasting into cell " + pasteCellPosition);
		
		String pasteString = Clipboard.getSystemClipboard().getString();
		
		System.out.println(pasteString);

		int rowClipboard = -1;
		
		StringTokenizer rowTokenizer = new StringTokenizer( pasteString, "\n");
		while( rowTokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {

			rowClipboard++;
			
			String rowString = rowTokenizer.nextToken();
			
		    StringTokenizer columnTokenizer = new StringTokenizer( rowString, "\t");

		    int colClipboard = -1;
		    
		    while( columnTokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {

		    	colClipboard++;

		    	// get next cell data from clipboard
		    	String clipboardCellContent = columnTokenizer.nextToken();

		    	// calculate the position in the table cell
		    	int rowTable = pasteCellPosition.getRow() + rowClipboard;
		    	int colTable = pasteCellPosition.getColumn() + colClipboard;

		    	// skip if we reached the end of the table
		    	if( rowTable >= table.getItems().size()) {
		    		continue;
		    	}
		    	if( colTable >= table.getColumns().size()) {
		    		continue;
		    	}
		    	
        	    // System.out.println( rowClipboard + "/" + colClipboard + ": " + cell);
		    	
		    	// get cell
		    	TableColumn tableColumn = table.getColumns().get(colTable);
		    	ObservableValue observableValue = tableColumn.getCellObservableValue(rowTable);
		    	
		    	System.out.println( rowTable + "/" + colTable + ": " +observableValue);
		    	
		    	// TODO: handle boolean, etc
		    	if( observableValue instanceof DoubleProperty) { 
		    		
					try {
						
						double value = numberFormatter.parse(clipboardCellContent).doubleValue();
						((DoubleProperty) observableValue).set(value);
						
					} catch (ParseException e) {
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
		    		
		    	}
		    	else if( observableValue instanceof IntegerProperty) { 
		    		
					try {
						
						int value = NumberFormat.getInstance().parse(clipboardCellContent).intValue();
						((IntegerProperty) observableValue).set(value);
						
					} catch (ParseException e) {
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
		    		
		    	}			    	
		    	else if( observableValue instanceof StringProperty) { 
		    		
		    		((StringProperty) observableValue).set(clipboardCellContent);
		    		
		    	} else {
		    		
		    		System.out.println("Unsupported observable value: " + observableValue);
		    		
		    	}
		    	
		    	System.out.println(rowTable + "/" + colTable);
		    }

		}

	}
	
}

Hi @Roland09, like @s6ch13 I'm interested to reuse this gist if the license permits it. Would you mind adding the license in the file headers ?

@Jojor Thanks for asking, but just use it as you need it, there's no license, it's part of a a tutorial, i. e. an answer on StackOverflow:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31708840/save-table-in-clipboad-javafx

Alright, thanks! Le lun. 15 juil. 2019 à 18:56, Roland <[email protected]> a écrit :

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I have a textfield inside a table cell. When copy pasting from clipboard, it should update the value of the textfield instead of tablecell. How will you do that?

This approach doesn't works for embeded columns (columns containing subcolumns) because the column number you get with "int col = position.getColumn();" will be incorrect.

Table containing ColA (itself containing Col1 and Col2) then ColB (itself containing Col3 and Col4). When selecting Col4 cell, position.getcolumn() will return 3 but table.getColumns().get(col).getCellObservableValue( row) will not work as table has only 2 columns.

Example above shall be adapted to browse down embeded columns.

I used a different approach:
Object thisLineObject = table.getSelectionModel().getSelectedItems().get(0);
Allows to obtain the object associated with the row from whom property values are obtained.
ObjectProperty anObject = position.getTableColumn().cellValueFactoryProperty();
Allow to obtain the Value Factory, then
PropertyValueFactory factory = (PropertyValueFactory) anObject.getValue();
String fieldName = factory.getProperty();
Method method = thisLineObject.getClass().getMethod(fieldName);
Object methRes = method.invoke(thisLineObject);
if (methRes instanceof StringProperty) text = ((StringProperty) methRes).getValue();

For this to work, all the class used inside TableView shall provide a method with same name as field name returning a StingProperty.
Columns shall be assigned with this syntax:
column.setCellValueFactory(new PropertyValueFactory<>("BillingInvoiceNo"));

The call back syntax:
column.setCellValueFactory(cellData -> cellData.getValue().BillingInvoiceNo());
doesn't work