96. Fill Transition

Pressing the Start button will start the Transition to a fill color of green.

The initial color is red, so after 5 seconds it turns to green, and it will interpolate in between. The button becomes invisible after it is clicked.

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package ex96;

import javafx.animation.FillTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.effect.DropShadow;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;

public class Ex96 extends Application {
  
    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
        
        DropShadow dropShadow = new DropShadow();
        dropShadow.setOffsetX(5);
        dropShadow.setOffsetY(5);
        dropShadow.setColor(Color.GOLD);
        
        Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(200, 100, Color.RED);
        rect.setStrokeWidth(5);
        rect.setArcWidth(30);
        rect.setArcHeight(30);
        rect.setStroke(Color.BLUE);
        rect.setEffect(dropShadow);

        Text text = new Text("FillTransition");
        text.setFont(Font.font("Geogia", 32));
        
        StackPane stackPane = new StackPane(rect, text);
        
        FillTransition fillTransition = 
                new FillTransition(Duration.seconds(5), rect);
        fillTransition.setToValue(Color.GREEN);
        
        Button button = new Button("Start");
        button.setOnAction(e -> { 
            fillTransition.play();
            button.setVisible(false);
        });
        
        VBox vbox = new VBox(50, stackPane, button); 
        vbox.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
        vbox.setStyle("-fx-background-color: gray");

        Scene scene = new Scene(vbox, 400, 300);
        stage.setTitle("Example 96. FillTransition");
        
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
    }

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

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This is the output during the animation:

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