Getting a Jump Start in JavaFX - JavaFX 8: A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients - page 18

At this point, you've built and run the “Hello Earthrise” program application, both from the command line and
using NetBeans. Before leaving this example, we show you another way to achieve the scrolling Text node. There is
a class in the javafx.scene.control package named ScrollPane whose purpose is to provide a scrollable view of a
node that is typically larger than the view. In addition, the user can drag the node being viewed within the scrollable
area. Figure 1-8 shows the Hello Earthrise program after being modified to use the ScrollPane control.
Figure 1-8. Using the ScrollPane control to provide a scrollable view of the Text node
Notice that the move cursor is visible, signifying that the user can drag the node around the clipped area.
Note that the screenshot in Figure 1-8 is of the program running on Windows, and the move cursor has a different
appearance on other platforms. Listing 1-2 contains the relevant portion of code for this example, named
HelloScrollPaneMain.java .
Listing 1-2. The HelloScrollPaneMain.java Program
...code omitted...
// Create a ScrollPane containing the text
ScrollPane scrollPane = new ScrollPane();
scrollPane.setLayoutX(50);
scrollPane.setLayoutY(180);
scrollPane.setPrefWidth(400);
scrollPane.setPrefHeight(85);
scrollPane.setHbarPolicy(ScrollPane.ScrollBarPolicy.NEVER);
scrollPane.setVbarPolicy(ScrollPane.ScrollBarPolicy.NEVER);
scrollPane.setPannable(true);
scrollPane.setContent(textRef);
scrollPane.setStyle("-fx-background-color: transparent;");
// Combine ImageView and ScrollPane
Group root = new Group(iv, scrollPane);
Scene scene = new Scene(root, 516, 387);
Now that you've learned some of the basics of JavaFX application development, let's examine another sample
application to help you learn more JavaFX concepts and constructs.