FXThemes

Utility classes for advanced Theme development for JavaFX (Java)

• Set a background blur effect on a JavaFX Window

• Set dark or light window decorations

• Fully customize a Window frame color, text color and border

Documentation

Documentation of FXThemes can be found in this link: FXThemes documentation. You should check it if you want to know more about this library.

How to get it

You can get the library through Maven Central.

Here are examples for Gradle and Maven (replace version number with the version you want):

Gradle

implementation 'com.pixelduke:FXThemes:1.0.0'

Maven

<dependency>
    <groupId>com.pixelduke</groupId>
    <artifactId>FXThemes</artifactId>
    <version>1.0.0</version>
</dependency>

Source code

As of the time of writing of this documentation the code is being compiled on Java 21 and JavaFX 21. These Java and JavaFX versions may be updated in the future.

The FXThemes-samples subproject has samples that you can run and check out how to use FXThemes.

Running the sample demos

To run the demos, enter the following command in the Command Prompt / Terminal, inside the project directory:

mvn javafx:run -f fxthemes-samples/pom.xml

To choose which demo to run, change the "pom.xml" script file inside "FXThemes-samples" folder and replace the contents of the <mainClass> xml tag with the name of the Application derived class you'd like to execute.

Pull Requests (PR)

We welcome contributions via PR.
Before submitting a PR please file an issue for prior discussion. This will avoid you wasting time with a PR that might not be approved because, for instance, might be outside the intended scope of the project.

Filing bugs

When filing bugs it's most often good practice to attach a small sample app (as small, simple and with the fewest lines of code as possible). This app when executed, should show the bug happening.
The reason for this is the limited amount of resources and time I have and also because in the process of filing a bug, developers sometimes discover that the bug isn't in the library but somewhere else.
Without a small example app the issue might be closed prematurely.

Feedback request

Please send pictures of your application that is using this library, or a site that shows your application. Or share it through Twitter (you can reference me through my twitter handle @P_Duke if you'd like).
This is very important for me to know how users are effectively using it and make adjustments accordingly to make this library better. Also, and if you allow it, to showcase example uses.
Seeing this library get used also always motivates me to keep working on it.

License

FXThemes uses the 'GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception'