JavaFX - Translation Transformation

A translation moves an object to a different position on the screen. You can translate a point in 2D by adding translation coordinate (tx, ty) to the original coordinate (X, Y) to get the new coordinate (X’, Y’).

Example

Following is the program which demonstrates translation in JavaFX. Here, we are creating 2 circles (nodes) at the same location with the same dimensions, but with different colors (Brown and Cadetblue). We are also applying translation on the circle with a cadetblue color.

Save this code in a file with the name TranslationExample.java.

import javafx.application.Application; 
import javafx.scene.Group; 
import javafx.scene.Scene; 
import javafx.scene.paint.Color; 
import javafx.scene.shape.Circle; 
import javafx.scene.transform.Translate; 
import javafx.stage.Stage;  

public class TranslationExample extends Application { 
   @Override 
   public void start(Stage stage) {      
      //Drawing Circle1 
      Circle circle = new Circle(); 
      
      //Setting the position of the circle 
      circle.setCenterX(150.0f); 
      circle.setCenterY(135.0f); 
      
      //Setting the radius of the circle 
      circle.setRadius(100.0f); 
      
      //Setting the color of the circle 
      circle.setFill(Color.BROWN); 
      
      //Setting the stroke width of the circle 
      circle.setStrokeWidth(20); 
       
      //Drawing Circle2 
      Circle circle2 = new Circle(); 
      
      //Setting the position of the circle 
      circle2.setCenterX(150.0f); 
      circle2.setCenterY(135.0f); 
      
      //Setting the radius of the circle 
      circle2.setRadius(100.0f); 
      
      //Setting the color of the circle 
      circle2.setFill(Color.CADETBLUE); 
      
      //Setting the stroke width of the circle 
      circle2.setStrokeWidth(20); 
       
      //Creating the translation transformation 
      Translate translate = new Translate();       
      
      //Setting the X,Y,Z coordinates to apply the translation 
      translate.setX(300); 
      translate.setY(50); 
      translate.setZ(100);  
      
      //Adding transformation to circle2 
      circle2.getTransforms().addAll(translate); 
       
      //Creating a Group object  
      Group root = new Group(circle,circle2); 
         
      //Creating a scene object 
      Scene scene = new Scene(root, 600, 300);  
      
      //Setting title to the Stage 
      stage.setTitle("Translation transformation example"); 
         
      //Adding scene to the stage 
      stage.setScene(scene); 
         
      //Displaying the contents of the stage 
      stage.show(); 
   }
   public static void main(String args[]){ 
      launch(args); 
   } 
} 

Compile and execute the saved java file from the command prompt using the following commands.

javac TranslationExample.java 
java TranslationExample 

On executing, the above program generates a JavaFX window as shown below.