Image Carousel

my flavor of : DisplaySelf
 https://github.com/shemnon/javafx-gradle/blob/master/samples/Ensemble8/src/samples/java/ensemble/samples/graphics/displayshelf/DisplayShelf.java

package pagination;

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URI;
import java.util.stream.Stream;

import javafx.animation.TranslateTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.application.HostServices;
import javafx.geometry.Point3D;
import javafx.scene.Group;
import javafx.scene.PerspectiveCamera;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Slider;
import javafx.scene.effect.Reflection;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.input.MouseEvent;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.transform.Rotate;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.stage.StageStyle;
import javafx.util.Duration;

// DisplayShelf
public class DisplayShelf extends Application {
 public static void main(String[] args) {
  launch(args);
 }

 @Override
 public void start(Stage stage) throws Exception {
  HostServices hs = getHostServices();
  String folder = hs.resolveURI(hs.getDocumentBase(), "imgs/animals/");

  int[] index = {0};

  Unit[] images = 
    Stream.of(new File(new URI(folder).getPath()).list())
    .map(name -> hs.resolveURI(folder, name))
    .map(url -> new Unit(url, index[0]++))
    .toArray(Unit[]::new);

  Group container = new Group();
  container.setStyle("-fx-background-color:derive(black, 20%)");
  container.getChildren().addAll(images);

  Slider slider = new Slider(0, images.length - 1, 0);
  slider.setMajorTickUnit(1);
  slider.setMinorTickCount(0);
  slider.setBlockIncrement(1);
  slider.setSnapToTicks(true);
  
  container.getChildren().add(slider);

  Scene scene = new Scene(container, 1000, 400, true);
  scene.setFill(Color.rgb(33,33,33));

  stage.setScene(scene);
  stage.getScene().setCamera(new PerspectiveCamera());
  stage.setResizable(false);
  stage.initStyle(StageStyle.UNDECORATED);
  stage.show();

  slider.translateXProperty().bind(stage.widthProperty().divide(2).subtract(slider.widthProperty().divide(2)));
  slider.setTranslateY(10);

  // FxTransformer.sliders(new DoubleProperty[] {x, z, rotation}, new String[] {"x", "z", "rotation"}, stage, -360, 360).show();
  // new FxTransformer(images, IntStream.range(0, images.length).mapToObj(i -> "images["+i+"]").toArray(String[]::new), stage, -500, 1000).show();

  slider.valueProperty().addListener((p, o, n) -> {
   if(n.doubleValue() == n.intValue())
    Stream.of(images).forEach(u -> u.update(n.intValue(), stage.getWidth(), stage.getHeight()));
  });

  container.addEventFilter(MouseEvent.MOUSE_CLICKED, e -> {
   if(e.getTarget() instanceof Unit)
    slider.setValue(((Unit)e.getTarget()).index);
  });
  
  Button close = new Button("X");
  close.setOnAction(e -> System.exit(0));
  close.getStyleClass().clear();
  close.setStyle("-fx-text-fill:white;-fx-font-size:15;-fx-font-weight:bold;-fx-font-family:'Comic Sans MS';");

  container.getChildren().add(close);
  close.translateXProperty().bind(stage.widthProperty().subtract(15));

  slider.setValue(5);
 }

 private static class Unit extends ImageView {
  final static Reflection reflection = new Reflection();
  final static Point3D  rotationAxis = new Point3D(0, 90, 1);

  static {
   reflection.setFraction(0.5);
  }

  final int index;
  final Rotate rotate = new Rotate(0, rotationAxis);
  final TranslateTransition transition = new TranslateTransition(Duration.millis(300), this);

  public Unit(String imageUrl, int index) {
   super(imageUrl);
   setEffect(reflection);
   setUserData(index);

   this.index = index;
   getTransforms().add(rotate);
  }
  public void update(int currentIndex, double width, double height) {
   int ef = index - currentIndex;
   double middle = width / 2 - 100;
   boolean b = ef < 0;

   setTranslateY(height/2 - getImage().getHeight()/2);
   double x,z, theta, pivot;

   if(ef == 0) {
    z = -300;
    x = middle;
    theta = 0;
    pivot = b ? 200 : 0;
   }
   else {
    x = middle + ef * 82 + (b ? -147 : 147);
    z = -78.588;
    pivot = b ? 200 : 0 ;
    theta = b ? 46 : -46;
   }
   rotate.setPivotX(pivot);
   rotate.setAngle(theta);

   transition.pause();
   transition.setToX(x);
   transition.setToZ(z);
   transition.play();
  }

 }

}

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