[Java FX 2] Stage with rounded corners and background image

I recently had a requirement of making the window of a Java FX application with rounded corners and a background image. It is simple making rounded corners but difficult with a background image filling the main stage.

After googling around i found the following discussion that says, it seems to be difficult or not possible with Java FX as of now.

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2415144

Following is a best work-around the idea is to clip the rounded corners using setClip method of the node(in the example StackPane) :

Here is an example source code [Tested with Java FX 2.2]:

=========================RoundedTest.java==========================

package roundedtest;

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.stage.StageStyle;

public class RoundedTest extends Application {

@Override
public void start(Stage primaryStage) {

Button btn = new Button();
btn.setText(“Close”);
btn.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
@Override
public void handle(ActionEvent event) {
System.exit(0);
}
});

StackPane root = new StackPane();
root.getChildren().add(btn);
root.setId(“ROOTNODE”);
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(1024,768);
rect.setArcHeight(60.0);
rect.setArcWidth(60.0);

root.setClip(rect);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 1024, 768);
primaryStage.initStyle(StageStyle.TRANSPARENT);
scene.setFill(Color.TRANSPARENT);
primaryStage.setTitle(“Hello World!”);
primaryStage.setScene(scene);
primaryStage.getScene().getStylesheets().setAll(RoundedTest.class.getResource(“main.css”).toString());
primaryStage.show();

}

public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}

=========================RoundedTest.java==========================

==========================main.css================================

#ROOTNODE {
-fx-background-radius: 30;
-fx-background-image:url(‘Tulips.jpg’);
-fx-border-radius: 30;
-fx-border-width:5;
-fx-border-color:blue;
}

==========================main.css================================

following is is how the output looks like:

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