javafx 8 - Copy entite fxml data to different container -

i having 2 vbox(es).

first vbox fx:id vbox1

second vbox fx:id vbox2

in vbox1 having textbox, combobox, buttons , else.

i having 1 button want copy(onclick) entire source/fxml vbox1 vbox2.

is there anyway that?

define content of vboxes in separate fxml file. can include content in first vbox directly in "main" fxml <fx:include>:

<vbox fx:id="vbox1">     <fx:include source="content.fxml"/> </vbox> 

and can load copy in button's handler with

@fxml public void handlebuttonaction(actionevent e) throws exception {     fxmlloader loader = new fxmlloader(getclass().getresource("content.fxml"));     vbox2.getchildren().add(loader.load()); } 

complete example (everything in package called application):

main.fxml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <?import javafx.scene.layout.borderpane?> <?import javafx.scene.layout.hbox?> <?import javafx.scene.layout.vbox?> <?import javafx.scene.control.button?>  <borderpane xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="application.maincontroller">     <center>         <hbox spacing="5">             <vbox fx:id="vbox1">                 <fx:include source="content.fxml"/>             </vbox>             <vbox fx:id="vbox2"/>         </hbox>     </center>     <bottom>         <button text="load" onaction="#load" borderpane.alignment="center"/>     </bottom> </borderpane> 

maincontroller.java:

package application;  import javafx.fxml.fxml; import javafx.fxml.fxmlloader; import javafx.scene.layout.vbox;  public class maincontroller {     @fxml     private vbox vbox1 ;     @fxml     private vbox vbox2 ;     @fxml     private void load() throws exception {         fxmlloader loader = new fxmlloader(getclass().getresource("content.fxml"));         vbox2.getchildren().add(loader.load());     } } 

content.fxml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  <?import javafx.scene.layout.vbox?> <?import javafx.scene.control.textfield?> <?import javafx.scene.control.combobox?> <?import javafx.collections.fxcollections?>  <?import java.lang.string?> <?import javafx.scene.control.button?>  <vbox xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">     <textfield prompttext="text field"/>     <combobox>         <items>             <fxcollections fx:factory="observablearraylist">                 <string fx:value="one"/>                 <string fx:value="two"/>                 <string fx:value="three"/>             </fxcollections>         </items>     </combobox>     <button text="click me"/> </vbox> 

main.java:

package application;  import javafx.application.application; import javafx.stage.stage; import javafx.scene.scene; import javafx.scene.layout.borderpane; import javafx.fxml.fxmlloader;   public class main extends application {     @override     public void start(stage primarystage) {         try {             borderpane root = (borderpane)fxmlloader.load(getclass().getresource("main.fxml"));             scene scene = new scene(root,400,400);             scene.getstylesheets().add(getclass().getresource("application.css").toexternalform());             primarystage.setscene(scene);             primarystage.show();         } catch(exception e) {             e.printstacktrace();         }     }      public static void main(string[] args) {         launch(args);     } }