What is the recommended way of adding a status bar to a JavaFX app?

Question

Should I use the BorderPane layout and add a label at the bottom?

Is there a better way?

Answer 1

I ended up using a VBox for my usecase. But the BorderPane can work equally well - depends on your usecase. If others have better suggestions feel free to chime in.

Answer 2

It depends a bit on what you want to do with it but the ControlsFX package has a dedicated StatusBar. May be it is worth having a look at it.

https://controlsfx.bitbucket.io/org/controlsfx/control/StatusBar.html