Main.java

package sample;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.Parent;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane;
import javafx.scene.control.TextArea;
import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

import java.net.ContentHandlerFactory;

public class Main extends Application {

    @Override
    public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception{
        Parent root = FXMLLoader.load(getClass().getResource("sample.fxml"));
        primaryStage.setTitle("Hurl your thoughts");
        Scene sceneMain = new Scene(root, 700, 498);
        primaryStage.setScene(sceneMain);



        //get access to the text field:
        ScrollPane scrollyPlane = (ScrollPane) sceneMain.lookup("#scrollyboi");
        Node content = scrollyPlane.getContent();
        Text ourTextField = (Text) content.lookup("#thoughtId");
        ThoughtManager tm = ThoughtManager.getInstance();
        //NOTE! if you reinitalize ThoughtManager it will just change where it will be writing to:
        tm.initialize(ourTextField);
        tm.makeList();
        primaryStage.show();
        
    }


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