How to close a JavaFX application on window close?
java, javafx, javafx-2, javafx-8
Solution
The application automatically stops when the last `Stage` is closed. At this moment, the `stop()` method of your `Application` class is called, so you don't need an equivalent to `setDefaultCloseOperation()`
If you want to stop the application before that, you can call `Platform.exit()`, for example in your `onCloseRequest` call.
You can have all these information on the javadoc page of `Application` : http://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/api/javafx/application/Application.html
Problem
In Swing you can simply use `setDefaultCloseOperation()` to shut down the entire application when the window is closed. However in JavaFX I can't find an equivalent. I have multiple windows open and I want to close the entire application if a window is closed. What is the way to do that in JavaFX? Edit: I understand that I can override `setOnCloseRequest()` to perform some operation on window close. The question is what operation should be performed to terminate the entire application? ``` stage.setOnCloseRequest(new EventHandler<WindowEvent>() { @Override public void handle(WindowEvent event) { stop(); } }); ``` The `stop()` method defined in `Application` class does nothing.