Javafx background image using scene builder - javafx

Question

I am working on a chatbot project in java and for the GUI I am using JavaFX, and IDE eclipse oxygen and scene builder 8.4.1.
I am having a problem adding a background image to a text area. here is a screen shot of what I did and it just shows nothing(not even an error).
following is the fxml code generated by scene builder:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?import javafx.geometry.Insets?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Button?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextArea?>
<?import javafx.scene.control.TextField?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.Image?>
<?import javafx.scene.image.ImageView?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.AnchorPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.HBox?>
<?import javafx.scene.layout.Region?>
<BorderPane maxHeight="-Infinity" maxWidth="-Infinity" minHeight="-Infinity" minWidth="-Infinity" prefHeight="400.0" prefWidth="600.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8.0.141" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
<top>
<AnchorPane prefHeight="56.0" prefWidth="600.0" style="-fx-background-color: blue;" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<ImageView fitHeight="51.0" fitWidth="79.0" layoutX="23.0" layoutY="20.0" pickOnBounds="true" preserveRatio="true">
<image>
<Image url="#../../../Downloads/background.jpg" />
</image></ImageView>
<Label layoutX="118.0" layoutY="36.0" text="Ibot" />
</children>
</AnchorPane>
</top>
<center>
<TextArea editable="false" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0" style="-fx-background-image: url("../../../Downloads/background.jpg"); -fx-background-repeat: stretch;" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
</center>
<bottom>
<HBox BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
<children>
<TextField prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="476.0" promptText="Type in here" HBox.hgrow="ALWAYS">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets />
</HBox.margin>
</TextField>
<Region prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="60.0" />
<Button mnemonicParsing="false" prefHeight="25.0" prefWidth="57.0" text="Send">
<HBox.margin>
<Insets />
</HBox.margin>
</Button>
</children>
<BorderPane.margin>
<Insets bottom="5.0" left="5.0" right="5.0" top="5.0" />
</BorderPane.margin>
<padding>
<Insets bottom="3.0" left="3.0" right="3.0" top="3.0" />
</padding>
</HBox>
</bottom>
</BorderPane>

Answer 1

It's probably not working because as specify in JavaFX CSS Reference Guide the TextArea is a association of two substructure: a ScrollPane and a Region. You have to change the style of those.
In CSS this should work:
#text-area-id .content{
-fx-background-image : url("the_path_to_your_image")
/* others properties */
}
Edit to answer comment:
For a button you just need to set the property -fx-background-image:
#your-button{
-fx-background-image : url("the_path_to_your_image")
}