JavaFX

The Timeline is a key component of animation in JavaFX. A Timeline is used to establish when, and in what sequence, key parts of an animation occur.

JavaFX has its own version of many of Java's swing components, one of them is the SwingSlider. The SwingSlider is a simple slider bar tied to a variable. When the slider is moved the linked variable is updated to reflect the new slider position.

This demo displays a palette containing the JavaFX color constants. It can be modified to display any list of colors. For more information on JavaFX colors see: Color.

This interactive demo is designed to demonstrate the JavaFX reflection effect and show how the different reflection variables affect the output. For more information on the the JavaFX reflection effect see: Reflection.

Reflection is one of the most impressive looking effects built into JavaFX. It can be applied to all types of graphical nodes including pictures and videos.

This is a demo of a simple JavaFX color picker. It uses the Color.hsb(hue, saturation, brightness) method to create a full palette of colors to choose from. For more information on JavaFX colors see: Color.

Defining Colors

There are several ways to create Color objects in JavaFX. Each of these examples show a different method of defining the color red.

// RGB value as a range from 0.0 to 1.0
var color1 = Color{ red:1.0 };  // undefined colors default to 0.0
var color2 = Color.color(1.0, 0 ,0);
 
// RGB value as a range from 0 to 255
var color3 = Color.rgb(255, 0, 0);
var color4 = Color.web("FF0000");  // Using hex notation (may include a '0x' or '#' prefix)
 
// HSB hue in degrees [0-360], saturation and brightness in range [0.0-1.0]

This interactive demo is designed to simplify the process of choosing lighting variable values in JavaFX. It shows the effect of changing each value and will let you tweak them to get exactly the lighting effect you are looking for. For more information on lighting effects see: Lighting.

Lighting effects in JavaFX create bright areas and shadows on objects producing a more realistic, 3D effect.

JavaFX introduces a new data type called a sequence. A sequence is an unordered list of objects, similar to an array.

Declaring Sequences

A sequence is declared as comma delimited list, or range surrounded by square brackets [ ].

var num1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var num2 = ["one", "two", "three", "four", "five"];

var num1 = [1..5]   //Inclusive range  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
var num2 = [1..<5]  //Exclusive range  [1, 2, 3, 4]