I'm working on a BeagleBoard xM connected to a 10" touchscreen LCD from Chalkboard Electronics. I could use touch events on the GNOME UI which means touch works in principle but unfortunately I'm not able to get these touch events in my JavaFX app. The app contains two ToggleButtons and one Button and if I use a Mouse I could click on the all the buttons but if I use my finger it seems the touch events won't reach the JavaFX app but will be applied to the underlying GNOME desktop. If I have a terminal window open and a JavaFX stage on top of this terminal window touching the JavaFX app will lead to highlighting lines in the underlying terminal window instead of interact with the JavaFX app. If I then move the mouse over the JavaFX app it will be repainted and react on the mouse events.