JavaFX BarChart, Set Series Color by Series Name

Question

I am trying to dynamically set the BarChart Series color.

I want to have always the same color for the same Series name. I

Answer 1

Try this:

import com.sun.javafx.charts.Legend;
import com.sun.javafx.charts.Legend.LegendItem;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.Platform;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.chart.BarChart;
import javafx.scene.chart.CategoryAxis;
import javafx.scene.chart.NumberAxis;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart.Data;
import javafx.scene.chart.XYChart.Series;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class BarChartSample extends Application {
    final static String austria = "Austria";
    final static String brazil = "Brazil";
    final static String france = "France";
    final static String italy = "Italy";
    final static String usa = "USA";

    @Override public void start(Stage stage) {
        stage.setTitle("Bar Chart Sample");
        final CategoryAxis xAxis = new CategoryAxis();
        final NumberAxis yAxis = new NumberAxis();
        final BarChart<String,Number> bc = new BarChart(xAxis,yAxis);
        bc.setTitle("Country Summary");
        xAxis.setLabel("Country");       
        yAxis.setLabel("Value");

        XYChart.Series series1 = new XYChart.Series();
        series1.setName("2003");       
        series1.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(austria, 25601.34));
        series1.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(brazil, 20148.82));
        series1.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(france, 10000));
        series1.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(italy, 35407.15));
        series1.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(usa, 12000));      

        XYChart.Series series2 = new XYChart.Series();
        series2.setName("2004");
        series2.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(austria, 57401.85));
        series2.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(brazil, 41941.19));
        series2.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(france, 45263.37));
        series2.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(italy, 117320.16));
        series2.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(usa, 14845.27));  

        XYChart.Series series3 = new XYChart.Series();
        series3.setName("2005");
        series3.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(austria, 45000.65));
        series3.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(brazil, 44835.76));
        series3.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(france, 18722.18));
        series3.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(italy, 17557.31));
        series3.getData().add(new XYChart.Data(usa, 92633.68));  

        Scene scene  = new Scene(bc,800,600);
        bc.getData().addAll(series1, series2, series3);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();

        //Used to change series color.
        for (XYChart.Series<String, Number> series : bc.getData()) {
            if(series.getName().equals("2003"))
            {
                System.out.println("Series name: " + series.getName());
                for(Data data : series.getData())
                {
                    data.getNode().setStyle("-fx-bar-fill: firebrick;");
                }                        
            }                    
        }

        //Used to change legend color
        for(Node n : bc.getChildrenUnmodifiable())
        {
            if(n instanceof Legend)
            {
                System.out.println(((Legend)n).getItems());
                for(LegendItem items : ((Legend)n).getItems())
                {
                    System.out.println("Legend item text: " + items.getText());
                    if(items.getText().equals("2003"))
                    {
                        items.getSymbol().setStyle("-fx-bar-fill: firebrick;");
                    }
                }
            }
        }

    }

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

}

For Java 10 and Above replace the Used to change legend color code with code below. Not tested on Java 9

//Used to change legend color
for(Node node : bc.lookupAll("Label.chart-legend-item"))
{
    Label tempLabel = (Label)node;
    if(tempLabel.getText().equals("2003"))
    {
        tempLabel.getGraphic().setStyle("-fx-bar-fill: firebrick;");
    }           
}

This app changes the 2003 series color to firebrick. The for loop is the part you should focus on.

UPDATE I added a way to change the legend color.

UPDATE 08/08/2019 The original code works for Java 8. I am adding code for Java 10 and above.