Set background of a Scenes root node

In order to change the background of a JavaFX Scene object you have to change a CSS file, which is programmatically associated with corresponding Scene.

In below example the background is set to an image, which is placed in the same directory as the CSS file. I do not think this advisable in a real project where you would have it in a bin directory, but for example purposes it is ok.

.root {
	-fx-background-image:url("background.jpg"); 
}

The CSS file is set in the Scene object as follows.

scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("application.css").toExternalForm());

The result looks quite nice, but I guess that depends on the picture as well ;0).

 

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