JavaFX 2: Transparent Stage

In this tutorial I am going to create a transparent Stage (window) with JavaFX 2, this means that the application won't have a window around the image.  In order to make Stage transparent we need to set StageStyle.TRANSPARENT. Also, I wanted here to add little close image, because I want to allow user to close application. Below you can take a look how our application will look in the end.  You can use any image that you like for background, but I used this one: Background Image, and here you can download "close" image.

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JavaFX 2: Create a new Dialog on the same Stage

In this tutorial I am going to modify a little bit previous tutorial about How to create a new Dialog with Stage. Instead of opening a new dialog on the new Stage, here we'll open a dialog on the same Stage. That might be useful, in some cases.

Check this video below to see how our example will look in the end.

Here is the code:

Only modification from previous tutorial about JavaFX 2: Create Dialog with Stage is shown below:


As you can see, I've just created a new Scene and added it to primaryStage.

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JavaFX 2: Create Dialog with Stage

This is JavaFX tutorial about creating a new dialog with Stage. This will be a very short example, and as you can  look below,  this is  how our little example will look in the end. As you can see there is a button, a when user click on that button I will create and open a new dialog, simple like that.

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This is just a demonstration example. In that new dialog you can create a lot of cool and useful things if you know how to work with JavaFX 2 layouts.

Check other tutorials from JavaFX Layout series by clicking on the image above.

If you still have problems with creating Java project for JavaFX 2.0 in Eclipse IDE, click on the image below.

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