Learn JavaFX 17: Building User Experience and Interfaces with Java

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K. Sharan, P. SpäthLearn JavaFX 17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7848-2_19

19. Understanding Animation

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What animation is in JavaFX

• About classes in JavaFX that are used in performing animation in JavaFX

• How to perform a timeline animation and how to set up cue points on a timeline animation

• How to control animation such as playing, reversing, pausing, and stopping

• How to perform animation using transitions

• About different types of interpolators and their roles in animation

The examples of this chapter lie in the com.jdojo.animation package. In ...