How do I make a simple solid border around a FlowPane in javafx

Question

I'm building a simple app in javafx, and I want to be able to add a border to a FlowPane.

I have a bit more experience in java than javafx so I tried to find the equivalent of .setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(0,0,0,0)) but to no avail.

Unfortunately, everything I have found seems to be more complicated than I need. I don't need styles or dashes and that's all I'm finding.

Thanks !

Answer 1

There's a setBorder() method, so you can add a border to your pane:

FlowPane pane = new FlowPane(10, 10); pane.setBorder(new Border(new BorderStroke(Color.BLACK,              BorderStrokeStyle.SOLID, CornerRadii.EMPTY, BorderWidths.DEFAULT))); 

Though this is really more simple with inline CSS:

pane.setStyle("-fx-border-color: black"); 

Or you could apply it with a CSS file:

FlowPane pane = new FlowPane(10, 10); pane.getStyleClass().add("pane");  Scene scene = new Scene(pane, 300, 250); scene.getStylesheets().add(getClass().getResource("root.css").toExternalForm()); 

where 'root.css' is in the same package and contains:

.pane {     -fx-border-color: black; }