In this JavaFX source code example, we will see how to use the JavaFX BorderPane layout with an example.

BorderPane lays out children in the top, left, right, bottom, and center positions. It can be used to create classic-looking application layouts.

JavaFX Layout BorderPane Example

Let's create a JavaFX example that places five labels into five BorderPane's areas.

package sample;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

class MyLabel extends Label {

    public MyLabel(String text) {
        super(text);

        setAlignment(Pos.BASELINE_CENTER);
    }
}

public class Main extends Application {

    private BorderPane root;
    private final int SIZE = 60;

    @Override
    public void start(Stage stage) {

        initUI(stage);
    }

    private void initUI(Stage stage) {

        root = new BorderPane();

        root.setTop(getTopLabel());
        root.setBottom(getBottomLabel());
        root.setLeft(getLeftLabel());
        root.setRight(getRightLabel());
        root.setCenter(getCenterLabel());

        Scene scene = new Scene(root, 350, 300);

        stage.setTitle("BorderPane");
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
    }

    private Label getTopLabel() {

        Label lbl = new MyLabel("Top");
        lbl.setPrefHeight(SIZE);
        lbl.prefWidthProperty().bind(root.widthProperty());
        lbl.setStyle("-fx-border-style: dotted; -fx-border-width: 0 0 1 0;"
                + "-fx-border-color: gray; -fx-font-weight: bold");

        return lbl;
    }

    private Label getBottomLabel() {

        Label lbl = new MyLabel("Bottom");
        lbl.setPrefHeight(SIZE);
        lbl.prefWidthProperty().bind(root.widthProperty());
        lbl.setStyle("-fx-border-style: dotted; -fx-border-width: 1 0 0 0;"
                + "-fx-border-color: gray; -fx-font-weight: bold");

        return lbl;
    }

    private Label getLeftLabel() {

        Label lbl = new MyLabel("Left");
        lbl.setPrefWidth(SIZE);
        lbl.prefHeightProperty().bind(root.heightProperty().subtract(2*SIZE));
        lbl.setStyle("-fx-border-style: dotted; -fx-border-width: 0 1 0 0;"
                + "-fx-border-color: gray; -fx-font-weight: bold");

        return lbl;
    }


    private Label getRightLabel() {

        Label lbl = new MyLabel("Right");
        lbl.setPrefWidth(SIZE);
        lbl.prefHeightProperty().bind(root.heightProperty().subtract(2*SIZE));
        lbl.setStyle("-fx-border-style: dotted; -fx-border-width: 0 0 0 1;"
                + "-fx-border-color: gray; -fx-font-weight: bold");

        return lbl;
    }

    private Label getCenterLabel() {

        Label lbl = new MyLabel("Center");
        lbl.setStyle("-fx-font-weight: bold");
        lbl.prefHeightProperty().bind(root.heightProperty().subtract(2*SIZE));
        lbl.prefWidthProperty().bind(root.widthProperty().subtract(2*SIZE));

        return lbl;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        launch(args);
    }
}

Output: