JavaFX ColorInput

ColorInput produces the output similar to a coloured Rectangle. It doesn't display the node but the rectangular box. It is mainly passed into the other effects as an input. The class javafx.scene.effect.ColorInput represents the ColorInput effect. The object of this class is passed as an input for the other effects.

Properties

Properties of the class javafx.scene.effect.ColorInput along with their setter methods are described below in the table.

Property	Description	Setter Methods
height	It is of double type. It represents the height of the region that is to be filled.	setHeight(double value)
paint	It represents the paint with which the region is to be filled.	setPaint(Paint value)
width	It is of double type. It represents the width of the region that is to be filled.	setWidth(double value)
x	It represents the X coordinate of the top left corner of region.	setX(double value)
y	It represents the Y coordinate of the top left corner of the region.	setY(double value)

Constructors

The class contains two constructors.

public ColorInput() : Creates a new instance of ColorInput with the default parameters.
public ColorInput(double x, double y, double width, double height, Paint paint) : Creates a new instance of ColorInput with the specified parameters.

Example:

The following example illustrates the working of ColorInput effect.

package application;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.effect.ColorInput;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class ColorInputExample extends Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
	launch(args);
}
@Override
	public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
	ColorInput color = new ColorInput();
	color.setPaint(Color.RED);		
	color.setHeight(100);
	color.setWidth(100);
	color.setX(140);
	color.setY(90);
	Rectangle rect = new Rectangle();
	rect.setEffect(color);
	Group root = new Group();
	Scene scene = new Scene(root,400,300);
	root.getChildren().add(rect);
	primaryStage.setScene(scene);
	primaryStage.setTitle("ColorInput Example");
	primaryStage.show();
	}
}