Thanks but it does not seem to improve the situation. btw, I am using 1.8.0_05-b13 on Mac OS 10.9.3 on a retina MBP.
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:59 PM, Jeff Martin <j...@reportmill.com> wrote: > I haven't seen this, but here's a hack you can try: > > // Show stage transparent once to get proper drawing > _stage.setOpacity(0); _stage.show(); _stage.hide(); > _stage.setOpacity(1); > > I've done this before to trigger Stage to set it's width/height property > (which I needed to position the stage property). > > jeff > > > On Jun 1, 2014, at 3:18 AM, Robert Krüger <krue...@lesspain.de> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm in the process of evaluating Java FX 8 for our currently >> Swing-based product (also Java 8) on OSX. >> >> My first attempt to style a stage's background resulted in an ugly >> flashing effect which I would classify as a show-stopper for >> delivering a commercial product. This looks like it is caused by the >> stage being drawn at least once before the style has been applied, and >> I am wondering what the mistake is since my code is more or less a >> straight-forward hello world: >> >> package jfxtest; >> >> import javafx.application.Application; >> import javafx.scene.Scene; >> import javafx.scene.control.Button; >> import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane; >> import javafx.stage.Stage; >> >> public class JXTest extends Application { >> >> @Override >> public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception { >> final StackPane pane = new StackPane(); >> final Button closeButton = new Button("Close"); >> closeButton.setOnAction(event -> primaryStage.close()); >> pane.getChildren().add(closeButton); >> final Scene scene = new Scene(pane, 800, 600); >> scene.getStylesheets().add("dark.css"); >> scene.getStylesheets(); >> primaryStage.setScene(scene); >> primaryStage.setTitle(getClass().getSimpleName()); >> primaryStage.show(); >> } >> >> public static void main(String[] args) { >> launch(args); >> } >> } >> >> with dark.css being: >> >> .root { >> -fx-background: rgb(54, 54, 54); >> } >> >> Is this a Mac-specific problem? Is there a workaround? Which of the >> two mailing lists is the more appropriate one to post these things >> (JFX problems which look like they might be platform-specific) to? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Robert >