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Pos class is a part of JavaFX. Pos class contains values which state the horizontal and vertical positioning or alignment. Pos class inherits Enum class.

Commonly Used Methods:

Method Explanation
getHpos() Returns the horizontal alignment.
getVpos() Returns the vertical alignment.
valueOf(String n) Returns the Pos object whose name is the string specified.
values() Returns an array which contains all the Pos values.

Below programs illustrate the use of Pos Class:

  1. Java Program to create a tilepane and add a specified Pos value as its alignment: In this program we will create a TilePane named tile_pane. Add Label named label and some buttons to the tile_pane. Set the Alignment of the tile_pane using the setAlignment() function. Set the alignment of the tile_pane to the Pos value TOP_LEFT. Add the tile_pane to the scene and add the scene to the stage and call the show() function to display the final results.




    // Java Program to create a tilepane and add
    // a specified Pos value as its alignment
    import javafx.application.Application;
    import javafx.scene.Scene;
    import javafx.scene.control.*;
    import javafx.scene.layout.*;
    import javafx.stage.Stage;
    import javafx.geometry.*;
    import javafx.scene.paint.*;
    import javafx.scene.canvas.*;
    import javafx.scene.text.*;
    import javafx.scene.Group;
    import javafx.scene.shape.*;
      
    public class Pos_1 extends Application {
      
        // launch the application
        public void start(Stage stage)
        {
      
            try {
      
                // set title for the stage
                stage.setTitle("Pos");
      
                // create a label
                Label label = new Label("this is Pos example");
      
                // create a Tile pane
                TilePane tile_pane = new TilePane(label);
      
                // create and add buttons to tilepane
                for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++) {
                    tile_pane.getChildren().add(new Button("Button " + i));
                }
      
                // set Alignment of pane
                tile_pane.setAlignment(Pos.TOP_LEFT);
      
                // create a scene
                Scene scene = new Scene(tile_pane, 400, 300);
      
                // set the scene
                stage.setScene(scene);
      
                stage.show();
            }
      
            catch (Exception e) {
      
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            }
        }
      
        // Main Method
        public static void main(String args[])
        {
      
            // launch the application
            launch(args);
        }
    }

    
    

    Output:

  2. Java Program to create a TilePane and a combobox that contains different values of Pos: In this program we will create a TilePane named tile_pane. Add Label named label and some buttons to the tile_pane. Set the Alignment of the tile_pane using the setAlignment() function. We will set the alignment of the tile_pane to the Pos value BASELINE_CENTER. Store all the names of Pos values in a String array. Now create a combobox which will contain the names of Pos values and also cranate a Action Event to handle the combobox events. The Event handler will set the Alignment of the tilepane to the chosen pos value. Now create a VBox and add the tilepane and the combo box to vbox. Finally, add the vbox to the scene and add the scene to the stage and call the show() function to display the final results.




    // Java Program to create a TilePane and 
    // a combobox that contains different 
    // values of Pos
    import javafx.application.Application;
    import javafx.scene.Scene;
    import javafx.scene.control.*;
    import javafx.scene.layout.*;
    import javafx.stage.Stage;
    import javafx.geometry.*;
    import javafx.scene.paint.*;
    import javafx.scene.canvas.*;
    import javafx.scene.text.*;
    import javafx.scene.Group;
    import javafx.scene.shape.*;
    import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
    import javafx.event.EventHandler;
    import javafx.collections.*;
       
    public class Pos_2 extends Application {
       
    // launch the application
    public void start(Stage stage)
    {
      
        try {
      
            // set title for the stage
            stage.setTitle("Pos Class");
      
            // create a label
            Label label = new Label("This is Pos Class Example");
      
            // create a Tile pane
            TilePane tile_pane = new TilePane(label);
      
            // create and add buttons to tilepane
            for (int i = 1; i <= 7; i++) {
      
                tile_pane.getChildren().add(new Button("Button " + i));
            }
      
            // set Alignment of pane
            tile_pane.setAlignment(Pos.BASELINE_CENTER);
      
            // pos names
            String pos_name[] = {"BASELINE_CENTER", "BASELINE_LEFT",
                                 "BASELINE_RIGHT", "BOTTOM_CENTER"
                                 "BOTTOM_LEFT", "BOTTOM_RIGHT"
                                 "CENTER", "CENTER_LEFT", "CENTER_RIGHT",
                                 "TOP_CENTER", "TOP_LEFT", "TOP_RIGHT"};
      
            // Create a combo box
            ComboBox combo_box = 
              new ComboBox(FXCollections.observableArrayList(pos_name));
      
            // Create action event
            EventHandler<ActionEvent> event =
            new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
      
                public void handle(ActionEvent e)
                {
      
                    // set Alignement of the TilePane
                    tile_pane.setAlignment(Pos.valueOf(
                         (String)combo_box.getValue()));
                }
            };
      
            // Set on action
            combo_box.setOnAction(event);
      
            // create a VBox
            VBox vbox = new VBox(30, combo_box, tile_pane);
      
            // set Alignemnet
            vbox.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
      
            // create a scene
            Scene scene = new Scene(vbox, 400, 300);
      
            // set the scene
            stage.setScene(scene);
      
            stage.show();
        }
      
        catch (Exception e) {
      
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        }
    }
      
    // Main Method
    public static void main(String args[])
    {
      
        // launch the application
        launch(args);
    }
    }

    
    

    Output:

Note: The above programs might not run in an online IDE please use an offline compiler.

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/geometry/Pos.html



Last Updated : 13 Sep, 2018
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