How to fill in the empty space when the component is not displayed or hidden?

Question

I have several components in BorderPane that may or may not be visible. When I set the component not visible, I get an empty space that I want to fill by resizing the next component. What are the available options for setting components to fill in the empty space if the component is set to .setVisible(false); ?

Answer 1

You also need to call setManaged (false).

Answer 2

You can use bindings to automatically configure a managed property based on visibility. For instance. component.managedProperty().bind(component.visibleProperty());