Issue with background color in JavaFX 8

Question

Looks like there is an issue with setting background colors for panels in JavaFX 8   I had been trying the below  but none of them set the appropriate background colors   VBox panel   new VBox    panel setAlignment Pos TOP LEFT       None of the below work panel setStyle  -fx-background-color   FFFFFF     panel setBackground new Background new BackgroundFill Color WHITE  CornerRadii EMPTY  Insets EMPTY       Is there something wrong in the way I am setting the background color  This used to work with earlier versions of JavaFX 2 2   Thanks

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panel setStyle  -fx-background-color   FFFFFF

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Both these work for me  Maybe post a complete example   import javafx application Application  import javafx beans binding Bindings  import javafx geometry Insets  import javafx geometry Pos  import javafx scene Scene  import javafx scene control ToggleButton  import javafx scene layout Background  import javafx scene layout BackgroundFill  import javafx scene layout BorderPane  import javafx scene layout CornerRadii  import javafx scene layout HBox  import javafx scene layout VBox  import javafx scene paint Color  import javafx stage Stage   public class PaneBackgroundTest extends Application         Override     public void start Stage primaryStage            BorderPane root   new BorderPane            VBox vbox   new VBox            root setCenter vbox            ToggleButton toggle   new ToggleButton  Toggle color            HBox controls   new HBox 5  toggle           controls setAlignment Pos CENTER           root setBottom controls              vbox styleProperty   bind Bindings when toggle selectedProperty                       then  -fx-background-color  cornflowerblue                       otherwise  -fx-background-color  white               vbox backgroundProperty   bind Bindings when toggle selectedProperty                     then new Background new BackgroundFill Color CORNFLOWERBLUE  CornerRadii EMPTY  Insets EMPTY                     otherwise new Background new BackgroundFill Color WHITE  CornerRadii EMPTY  Insets EMPTY               Scene scene   new Scene root  300  250            primaryStage setTitle  Hello World             primaryStage setScene scene           primaryStage show               public static void main String   args            launch args

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Try this one in your css document   -fx-background-color    ffaadd    or  -fx-base    ffaadd     Also  you can set background color on your object with this code directly   yourPane setBackground new Background new BackgroundFill Color DARKGREEN  CornerRadii EMPTY  Insets EMPTY

[javafx] Issue with background color in JavaFX 8

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