JavaFX. Is it possible, when working with a WebView, to change the actions that occur when a link is clicked?

Question

Java

Is there some method that is responsible for handling the click on the link?

Answer 1

You can get elements from the webview through the DOM model and register handlers on them:

WebView webView = new WebView();
        WebEngine webEngine = webView.getEngine();
        webEngine.getLoadWorker().stateProperty().addListener(
                ( ov,  oldState, newState) -> {
            if (newState == Worker.State.SUCCEEDED) {
                
                // all next classes are from org.w3c.dom domain
                org.w3c.dom.events.EventListener listener = ( ev) -> {
                    System.out.println("#" + ev.getType());
                };
                
                org.w3c.dom.Document doc = webEngine.getDocument();
                org.w3c.dom.Element el = doc.getElementById("mylink");
                ((org.w3c.dom.events.EventTarget) el).addEventListener("click", listener, false);
            }
        });
        webEngine.loadContent("<a id='mylink' href='google.com'>hi</a>");