Adding effects to controls

Adding effects in a controlled way gives a good appearance to the user interface. There are multiple effects such as blurring, shadows, reflection, blooming, and so on. JavaFX provides a set of classes under the javafx.scene.effects package, which can be used to add effects to enhance the look of the application. This package is available in the javafx.graphics module.

In this recipe, we will look at a few effects—blur, shadow, and reflection.

Getting ready

As we know that JavaFX libraries are not shipped in the JDK installation from Oracle JDK 11 onward and Open JDK 10 onward, we will have to download the JavaFX SDK from here https://gluonhq.com/products/javafx/ and include the JARs present...