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_6

6. Understanding Nodes

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What a node is in JavaFX

• About the Cartesian coordinate system

• About the bounds and bounding box of nodes

• How to set the size of a node and how to position a node

• How to store user data in a node

• What a managed node is

• How to transform node’s bounds between coordinate spaces

The examples of this chapter lie in the com.jdojo.node package. In order for them to work, you must add a corresponding line to the module-info.java file:

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opens com.jdojo.node ...