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Styling a Control
As shown in Chapter 5, you can style a control in Java code, setting different properties such as the text color of a button. If you need to style a complete application with several different controls, however, this workflow creates a lot of code. JavaFX supports CSS, though, allowing you to style a complete application or control. In this chapter, you’ll learn how to apply CSS styling in JavaFX.
Using Themes to Style an Application
The fastest way to style a complete application in JavaFX is to use a custom theme. By default, all JavaFX applications use the Modena theme to style content (which is the theme applied ...
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