I have an interface where i want to drag an element from a list of elements to a GridPane. The grid and the list are in different branches of the scene graph. Because of that, my draggable Node disapears behind the GridPane, when i want to drag it over the grid.
One possible solution would be to add the draggable node to a frontmost Pane, where it will be in front of all other nodes. Unfortunately this means i have to remove the node from its old position before i know that the drag and drop gesture will be successfull, which leads to all kinds of additional code.
Is there a way to have a node rendered in front of all other nodes without changing its position in the scene graph?
Is the “draggable Node” actually being moved around by the cursor? If so, you could create an Image from the node and drag that around?