JavaFX TextArea class
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.event.ActionEvent; import javafx.event.EventHandler; import javafx.geometry.HPos; import javafx.geometry.Insets; import javafx.scene.Group; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Button; import javafx.scene.control.Label; import javafx.scene.control.TextArea; import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane; import javafx.scene.layout.HBox; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class Main extends Application { public static void main(String[] args) { Application.launch(args);//from w w w .j av a2 s. c om } @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) { primaryStage.setTitle("Borders"); Group root = new Group(); Scene scene = new Scene(root, 600, 330, Color.WHITE); // create a grid pane GridPane gridpane = new GridPane(); gridpane.setPadding(new Insets(5)); gridpane.setHgap(10); gridpane.setVgap(10); // label CSS Editor Label cssEditorLbl = new Label("CSS Editor"); GridPane.setHalignment(cssEditorLbl, HPos.CENTER); gridpane.add(cssEditorLbl, 0, 0); // label Border View Label borderLbl = new Label("Border View"); GridPane.setHalignment(borderLbl, HPos.CENTER); gridpane.add(borderLbl, 1, 0); // Text area for CSS editor final TextArea cssEditorFld = new TextArea(); cssEditorFld.setPrefRowCount(10); cssEditorFld.setPrefColumnCount(100); cssEditorFld.setWrapText(true); cssEditorFld.setPrefWidth(150); GridPane.setHalignment(cssEditorFld, HPos.CENTER); gridpane.add(cssEditorFld, 0, 1); String cssDefault = "-fx-border-color: blue;\n" + "-fx-border-insets: 5;\n" + "-fx-border-width: 3;\n" + "-fx-border-style: dashed;\n"; cssEditorFld.setText(cssDefault); final HBox pictureRegion = new HBox(); pictureRegion.setStyle(cssDefault); pictureRegion.getChildren().add(new Label("demo2s.com")); gridpane.add(pictureRegion, 1, 1); Button apply = new Button("Change"); GridPane.setHalignment(apply, HPos.RIGHT); gridpane.add(apply, 0, 2); apply.setOnAction(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() { public void handle(ActionEvent event) { pictureRegion.setStyle(cssEditorFld.getText()); } }); root.getChildren().add(gridpane); primaryStage.setScene(scene); primaryStage.show(); } }