How to align text vertically in JavaFX?

Question

I have TextArea in JavaFX. I need to align text vertically or make TextArea to be same size as content. Currently, TextArea is growing to fill its parent height.

I need text to be selectable, that's why I went for `TextArea` — Alyona, Mar 28 '18 at 16:38
If no one posts a solution, you can look at these workarounds: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44173811/how-to-make-a-javafx-label-selectable/44182371#44182371 https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25572398/how-do-i-create-an-editable-label-in-javafx-2-2 — SedJ601, Mar 28 '18 at 16:44
Menai Ala Eddine, `Wrap Text` is not aligning text vertically — Alyona, Apr 05 '18 at 10:41

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '18 at 10:12

I sorted it by creating a Label, placing it behind TextArea, making it invisible(just in case) and binding TextArea height to label:

@FXML
private TextArea msg;

@FXML
private Label bindingText;

@FXML
private Button button; 


@FXML
private void initialize() {
    bindingText.textProperty().bind(msg.textProperty());
    msg.setText(Word.customTranslate("data_transfer_failed", Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()));
    msg.prefHeightProperty().bind(bindingText.heightProperty());
    button.setText(Word.customTranslate("close_app", Locale.getDefault().getLanguage()));
    }

Get rid of TextArea borders through styling and center it. This way I got centered text, that can also be selected.

How to align text vertically in JavaFX?

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