Learn JavaFX 17: Building User Experience and Interfaces with Java

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K. Sharan, P. SpäthLearn JavaFX 17https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7848-2_10

10. Understanding Layout Panes

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What a layout pane is

• Classes in JavaFX representing layout panes

• How to add children to layout panes

• Utility classes such as Insets, HPos, VPos, Side, Priority, etc.

• How to use a Group to lay out nodes

• How to work with Regions and its properties

• How to use different types of layout panes such as HBox, VBox, FlowPane, BorderPane, StackPane, TilePane, GridPane, AnchorPane, and TextFlow

The examples of this chapter lie in the com.jdojo.container ...