Remove padding/margin from JavaFX Label

Question

Is there a way to remove the default space (padding/margin) that JavaFX label adds? I want to get rid of the space displayed between the black lines on the image below:

Answer 1

You can achieve that by adding -fx-padding: -10 0 0 0; to the list of your styles.

For more flexible solution you can use FontMetrics information:

FontMetrics metrics = Toolkit.getToolkit().getFontLoader().getFontMetrics(label.getFont());
label.setPadding(new Insets(-metrics.getDescent(), 0, 0, 0));

NB: You need to call that code after scene.show(). Before that graphics engine is not ready to provide correct metrics.