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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 ...

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