JavaFX Pause Transition

As the name suggests, this transition is used to pause between the multiple animations applied on a node in the sequential order. During the lifespan of this transition, the node remains unmovable on the screen.

In JavaFX, the class javafx.animation.PauseTransition represents this transition. We just need to instantiate this class in order to create an appropriate Pause Transition.

Properties

Property	Description	Setter Methods
duration	It is a type of object of the class Duration. It represents the lifespan of the transition.	setDuration(Duration duration)

Constructors

There are two constructors in the class.

public PauseTransition() : Creates the new instance of PauseTransition with the default parameters.
public PauseTransition(Duration duration) : Creates the new instance of PauseTransition with the specified duration.

Example

In the following example, we have applied multiple animations on a polygon. We have given the pause of 1 sec to the node after each transition.

package application;
import javafx.animation.FadeTransition;
import javafx.animation.PauseTransition;
import javafx.animation.RotateTransition;
import javafx.animation.SequentialTransition;
import javafx.animation.TranslateTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Polygon;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.util.Duration;
public class Pause_Transition extends Application{
@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception {
		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
		//Creating polygon 
		Polygon poly = new Polygon(); 
		poly.getPoints().addAll(new Double[] {320.0,270.0,270.0,220.0,270.0,270.0,320.0,120.0,370.0,270.0,370.0,220.0});
		
		 //Setting Color and Stroke properties for the polygon  
		 poly.setFill(Color.LIMEGREEN);
		 poly.setStroke(Color.BLACK);
	    
		 //Setting Rotate Transition 
		 RotateTransition rt = new RotateTransition(Duration.millis(500),poly);
	     rt.setByAngle(180);
	     rt.setCycleCount(2);
	     rt.setAutoReverse(true);
	    
	     //Setting Translate Transition 
	     TranslateTransition translate = new TranslateTransition(Duration.millis(500),poly);
	     translate.setToX(-150f);
	     translate.setCycleCount(2);
	     translate.setAutoReverse(true);
	     
	     //Setting Fade Transition 
	     FadeTransition fade = new FadeTransition(Duration.millis(500),poly);
	     fade.setFromValue(1.0f);
	     fade.setToValue(0.5f);
	     fade.setCycleCount(2);
	     fade.setAutoReverse(true);
	     
	     //Setting Sequential Transition and pause after each transition passed in the list 
	     SequentialTransition seqTransition = new SequentialTransition (fade,new PauseTransition(Duration.millis(2000)),rt,
	     new PauseTransition(Duration.millis(2000)),translate);
	     
	     //Playing Sequential Transition 
	     seqTransition.play();
	     
	     //Setting Group and scene 
	     Group root = new Group();
		 root.getChildren().addAll(poly);
		 Scene scene = new Scene(root,490,300,Color.WHEAT);
		 primaryStage.setScene(scene);
		 primaryStage.setTitle("Pause Transition Example");
		 primaryStage.show();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
	launch(args);
}
}

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