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Posted by Luis Dominguez
Luis Dominguez
3,516 Points

Positioning Buttons Within JavaFX, Margins?

I've been toying around in JavaFX, trying to position buttons in the center of a BorderPane. Because I'm loading the buttons' positions from a text file, I'm looking to modify the positions within the controller at loading time.

It seems that within SceneBuilder, LayoutX and LayoutY aren't moving the button, so I've set the Alignment and edited the margins, which seem to help position them. Thing is, there doesn't seem to be a "setMargin()" method for Buttons: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/control/Button.html

Is there a way I can set the margins of buttons within JavaFX, or should I be positioning them another way? I'm working inside a BorderPane, which may or may not determine why LayoutX/Y (which I assume is the traditional way to position things) isn't working. Thanks!

1 Answer

Luis Dominguez
Luis Dominguez
3,516 Points

I figured this out a while ago. Turns out I needed to place a pane inside the particular part of the BorderPane where I needed the buttons in order to position them with LayoutX/Y. Thanks to all who read the question!