Let ListView grow
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Group; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Label; import javafx.scene.control.ListView; import javafx.scene.layout.Priority; import javafx.scene.layout.VBox; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class Main extends Application { @Override public void start(final Stage stage) { stage.setTitle("HTML"); stage.setWidth(500); stage.setHeight(500); Scene scene = new Scene(new Group()); VBox vbox = new VBox(); ListView list = new ListView(); VBox.setVgrow(list, Priority.ALWAYS); vbox.getChildren().addAll(new Label("Names:"), list); scene.setRoot(vbox); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }