import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.collections.ObservableList; import javafx.event.ActionEvent; import javafx.event.EventHandler; import javafx.geometry.Insets; import javafx.geometry.Pos; import javafx.scene.Node; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Button; import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox; import javafx.scene.control.Label; import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane; import javafx.scene.layout.VBox; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class StackPaneDemo extends Application { private StackPane stackPane; @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception { VBox root = new VBox(); // StackPane stackPane = new StackPane(); // add label to StackPane Label label = new Label("I'm a Label"); label.setStyle("-fx-background-color:yellow"); label.setPadding(new Insets(5,5,5,5)); stackPane.getChildren().add(label); // add Button to StackPane Button button = new Button("I'm a Button"); button.setStyle("-fx-background-color: cyan"); button.setPadding(new Insets(5,5,5,5)); stackPane.getChildren().add(button); // add CheckBox to StackPane CheckBox checkBox = new CheckBox("I'm a CheckBox"); checkBox.setOpacity(1); checkBox.setStyle("-fx-background-color:olive"); checkBox.setPadding(new Insets(5,5,5,5)); stackPane.getChildren().add(checkBox); stackPane.setPrefSize(300, 150); root.getChildren().add(stackPane); Button controlButton = new Button("Change Top"); root.getChildren().add(controlButton); root.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER); VBox.setMargin(stackPane, new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10)); VBox.setMargin(controlButton, new Insets(10, 10, 10, 10)); Scene scene = new Scene(root, 550, 250); primaryStage.setTitle("StackPane Layout Demo"); primaryStage.setScene(scene); controlButton.setOnAction(new EventHandler() { @Override public void handle(ActionEvent event) { changeTop(); } }); primaryStage.show(); } private void changeTop() { ObservableList children = this.stackPane.getChildren(); if (children.size() > 1) { // Node topNode = (Node) (children.get(children.size()-1)); topNode.toBack(); } } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }