JavaFX - Is it possible to have a scroll bar in VBox?

Question

i'am working a project that involves array of checkboxes. but i encounter a problem when i'm adding all the checkboxes in VBox. here is my screenshot below

Other checkboxes cannot be viewed.

here is my code for checkboxes

public void initializeSenatorLists() {

    CheckBox []chckSenators = new CheckBox[senators.length];



    for(int s=0; s < senators.length; s++) {

        chckSenators[s] = new CheckBox(senators[s]);
        chckSenators[s].setStyle("-fx-font-size:15px;");
        chckSenators[s].setTextFill(Color.WHITE);
        senVbox.getChildren().add(chckSenators[s]);

    }

    for(CheckBox cbSen:chckSenators) {

       cbSen.setOnMouseClicked(new EventHandler<MouseEvent>() {

           @Override
           public void handle(MouseEvent event) {
               if(cbSen.isSelected()) {
                   senatorLimitVote++;


                      votedSenators.add(cbSen.getText());


               }else {
                   votedSenators.remove(cbSen.getText());
                   senatorLimitVote--;
             }
           }
       });


    }
}

What i want to do to my checkboxes is this

I hope you can help me.

Answer 1

Try putting VBox inside a scrollPane. With this approach, you don't have to worry about setting the prefHeight and prefWidth attributes. You can use 'USE_COMPUTED_SIZE' for the VBox.

Example: VBox is added inside a ScrollPane, and various elements like HBox, Labels, and rectangles are added dynamically.