JavaFX Styling Control

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1) text.css
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#root {-fx-background-color: linear-gradient(green, darkgray); }
#text {-fx-fill:linear-gradient(pink, orangered); } 

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2) StylingTextEx.java
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import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.text.Font;
import javafx.scene.text.FontWeight;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class StylingTextEx extends Application {

      public void start(Stage stage) {

        initUI(stage);
    }

    private void initUI(Stage stage) {

        HBox root = new HBox();
        root.setPadding(new Insets(20));

        Text text = new Text("Sateesh Bagadhi");
        text.setFont(Font.font("Serif", FontWeight.BOLD, 76));

        text.setId("text");
        root.setId("root");

        root.getChildren().addAll(text);

        Scene scene = new Scene(root);
        scene.getStylesheets().add(this.getClass().getResource("text.css")
                .toExternalForm());

        stage.setTitle("Styling text");
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
    }

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