A JavaFX ScrollPane with a drop shadow effect at the top when the user scrolls down.

ShadowScrollPane.java

package uk.co.senapt.desktop.shell;

import javafx.beans.property.BooleanProperty;
import javafx.beans.property.SimpleBooleanProperty;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Node;
import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.Region;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;

/**
 * Created by lemmi on 23.08.17.
 */
public class ShadowScrollPane extends ScrollPane {

    private Region shadow = new Region();

    public ShadowScrollPane() {
        super();

        init();
    }

    public ShadowScrollPane(Node content) {
        super(content);
        init();
    }

    private void init() {
        skinProperty().addListener(it -> {
            getChildren().addAll(shadow);
        });

        setFitToWidth(true);
        setVbarPolicy(ScrollBarPolicy.NEVER);
        setHbarPolicy(ScrollBarPolicy.NEVER);

        shadow.setManaged(false);
        shadow.setStyle("-fx-pref-height: 10;" +
                "-fx-background-color: black;" +
                "-fx-effect: dropshadow(gaussian, rgba(0, 0, 0, .75), 20, 0.19, 0, 6);");
        shadow.getStyleClass().add("shadow");
        shadow.visibleProperty().bind(showShadowProperty());
        shadow.setMouseTransparent(true);
        shadow.visibleProperty().bind(vvalueProperty().greaterThan(0));

        Rectangle clip = new Rectangle();
        clip.widthProperty().bind(widthProperty());
        clip.heightProperty().bind(heightProperty());
        setClip(clip);

        vvalueProperty().addListener(it -> {
            if (lastOffset != computeOffset()) {
                requestLayout();
            }
        });
        showShadowProperty().addListener(it -> requestLayout());
    }

    private final BooleanProperty showShadow = new SimpleBooleanProperty(this, "showShadow", true);

    public final BooleanProperty showShadowProperty() {
        return showShadow;
    }

    public final boolean isShowShadow() {
        return showShadow.get();
    }

    public final void setShowShadow(boolean show) {
        showShadow.set(show);
    }

    private final int SHADOW_HEIGHT = 30;

    @Override
    protected void layoutChildren() {
        super.layoutChildren();

        if (isShowShadow()) {
            Insets insets = getInsets();
            double w = getWidth();
            double offset = computeOffset();
            shadow.resizeRelocate(-10, insets.getTop() - shadow.prefHeight(-1) - SHADOW_HEIGHT + offset, w + 20, shadow.prefHeight(-1) - 1);
            lastOffset = offset;
        }
    }

    private double lastOffset = 0;

    private double computeOffset() {
        if (getContent() != null) {
            return Math.min(getVvalue() * getContent().prefHeight(-1), SHADOW_HEIGHT);
        }

        return 0;
    }
}