JavaFX HBox set alignment
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.geometry.Pos; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Button; import javafx.scene.image.ImageView; import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane; import javafx.scene.layout.HBox; import javafx.scene.layout.Pane; import javafx.scene.text.Text; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class Main extends Application { protected Text text = new Text(50, 50, "JavaFX Programming"); protected BorderPane getPane() { HBox paneForButtons = new HBox(20); Button btLeft = new Button("Left", new ImageView("icon.png")); Button btRight = new Button("Right", new ImageView("icon.png")); paneForButtons.getChildren().addAll(btLeft, btRight); paneForButtons.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER); paneForButtons.setStyle("-fx-border-color: green"); BorderPane pane = new BorderPane(); pane.setBottom(paneForButtons);// w w w . j av a 2s. co m Pane paneForText = new Pane(); paneForText.getChildren().add(text); pane.setCenter(paneForText); btLeft.setOnAction(e -> text.setX(text.getX() - 10)); btRight.setOnAction(e -> text.setX(text.getX() + 10)); return pane; } @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) { Scene scene = new Scene(getPane(), 450, 200); primaryStage.setTitle("ButtonDemo"); primaryStage.setScene(scene); primaryStage.show(); } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }