Is it possible to forbid selection in TextField? - javafx-2

Question

I have a small problem: my text field keeps selecting itself, for example if I alt-tab from and to application.
For my application, text selection is not needed and will not be used - so I want to disallow this annoying behavior. Actually, just setting selection color to transparent or white will work fine.
Is there some way to do this?

Answer 1

The following css fixed the problem for me:
-fx-highlight-fill: null;
-fx-highlight-text-fill: null;

Answer 2

You can disable text selection for key events:
myTextField.addEventFilter(KeyEvent.KEY_TYPED, new EventHandler<KeyEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(KeyEvent inputevent) {
if (!myTextField.getSelectedText().isEmpty()) {
myTextField.deselect();
}
}
});
For mouse events you could also use:
myTextField.addEventFilter(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DRAGGED, new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {
#Override
public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
if (!myTextField.getSelectedText().isEmpty()) {
myTextField.deselect();
}
}
});

Answer 3

Super late for an answer, but I have a better solution.
Instead of disabling the style for selected text or managing mouse events, it's better to directly manage the selectedTextProperty().
The advantages of this solution are:
The selection properties will always be empty selection
Double clicks are also covered, not only mouse drag events
The code...
textField.selectedTextProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
if (!newValue.isEmpty()) textField.deselect();
});