// Move the text with the mouse clicked import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.stage.Stage; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.layout.Pane; import javafx.scene.text.Text; public class MouseEventDemo extends Application { @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) { Pane pane = new Pane(); // no layout is defined Text text = new Text(20, 20, "Programming is fun"); pane.getChildren().add(text); text.setOnMouseDragged(e -> { // e is the object fired by text.setX(e.getX()); // the event. text.setY(e.getY()); }); Scene scene = new Scene(pane, 300, 100); primaryStage.setTitle("MouseEventDemo"); primaryStage.setScene(scene); primaryStage.show(); } /* public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); }*/ }