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Adding space between buttons in VBox

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Question

I have a collection of buttons:

VBox menuButtons = new VBox();
menuButtons.getChildren().addAll(addButton, editButton, exitButton);

I want to add some spacing between this buttons, without using a CSS sheet. I think there should be a way for this.

setPadding(); is for the Buttons in the Box. setMargin(); should be for the Box itself. But I didn't find a way for the spacing between the buttons.

I'm glad for any ideas. :)

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4/27/2017 6:45:12 AM

Accepted Answer

VBox supports spacing:

VBox menuButtons = new VBox(5);

or

menuButtons.setSpacing(5);
52
3/2/2017 1:52:57 PM

Just call setSpacing method and pass some value. Example with HBox (it's same for VBox):

import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBoxBuilder;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class SpacingDemo extends Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {
        stage.setTitle("Spacing demo");

        Button btnSave = new Button("Save");
        Button btnDelete = new Button("Delete");
        HBox hBox = HBoxBuilder.create()
                .spacing(30.0) //In case you are using HBoxBuilder
                .padding(new Insets(5, 5, 5, 5))
                .children(btnSave, btnDelete)
                .build();

        hBox.setSpacing(30.0); //In your case

        stage.setScene(new Scene(hBox, 320, 240));
        stage.show();
    }
}

And this is how it looks:

Without of spacing:

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With spacing:

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Branislav Lazic

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