Is there an easier (lighter) way to center text in a “zone” with JavaFX 8?

Question

So, first things first, I have achieved what I wanted, and that is, display some amount of text in the center of a \"zone\". Screenshot (upper right corner):

Answer 1

Use a StackPane rather than a BorderPane. By default a StackPane will center any node you put in it. To me, this is the simplest, most intuitive solution.

<StackPane>
    <Label text="No information"/>
</StackPane>

Another way to handle it is to set constraints on the label itself so that the label will expand to fill a resizable area and center itself within the area:

<SplitPane dividerPositions="0.5" 
           prefHeight="400.0" 
           prefWidth="600.0" 
           xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8">
   <items>
      <StackPane />
      <Label alignment="CENTER" 
             maxHeight="1.7976931348623157E308" 
             maxWidth="1.7976931348623157E308" 
             text="Label" />
   </items>
</SplitPane>

If it is a multi-line label (e.g. it has \n new lines in the text or the available width forces a wrap because you constrain the width and set wrapText="true"), then you need an additional setting to center the multi-line text within the label: textAlignment="true". textAlignment is different from alignment; in particular, textAlignment applies only to multi-line controls.