How to fill empty space when component is not visible or hidden?

Question

I have several components into BorderPane which can be visible or not using checkbox. When I set component not to be visible I get empty space which I want to fill by resizing the next component. What are the available options to configure the components to fill the empty space when component is set to .setVisible(false);?

Answer 1

You need to call setManaged(false) as well.

Answer 2

You can take advantage of bindings to set managed property automatically based on visibility. E.g. component.managedProperty().bind(component.visibleProperty());