JavaFX 2.0: Introduction by Example

2-2. Generating an Animation

Problem

You want to generate an animation. For example, you want to create a news ticker and photo viewer application with the following requirements:

• It will have a news ticker control that scrolls to the left.
• It will fade out the current picture and fade in the next picture as the user clicks the button controls.
• It will fade in and out button controls when the cursor moves in and out of the scene area, respectively.

Solution

Create animated effects by accessing JavaFX’s animation APIs (javafx.animation.*).To create a news ticker, you need the following classes:

• javafx.animation.TranslateTransition
• javafx.util.Duration
• javafx.event.EventHandler<ActionEvent>
• javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle

To fade out the current ...