Disable spacing between items in TextFlow in JavaFX - javafx

Question

I'm trying to make a line of text which consists of a name and a string of text. I want the name to be a hyperlink and the rest to be just plain text.
I thought TextFlow would be good for this, but the problem is it automatically puts a single space between the hyperlink and the text. What if I want the TextFlow to be for example
Jane's awesome
The TextFlow will make that a
Jane 's awesome
Is there a method or CSS property to disable this behaviour?

Answer 1

Solution
You can remove the padding via a CSS style:
.hyperlink {
-fx-padding: 0;
}
Or you can do it in code if you wish:
link.setPadding(new Insets(0));
Background
The default setting can be found in the modena.css file in the jfxrt.jar file packaged with your JRE distribution and it is:
-fx-padding: 0.166667em 0.25em 0.166667em 0.25em; /* 2 3 2 3 */
Sample application
In the sample screenshot the second hyperlink has focus (hence its dashed border).
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Hyperlink;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.text.Text;
import javafx.scene.text.TextFlow;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
public class HyperSpace extends Application {
#Override
public void start(Stage stage) {
TextFlow textFlow = new TextFlow(
unstyle(new Hyperlink("Jane")),
new Text("'s awesome "),
unstyle(new Hyperlink("links"))
);
stage.setScene(new Scene(new Pane(textFlow)));
stage.show();
}
private Hyperlink unstyle(Hyperlink link) {
link.setPadding(new Insets(0));
return link;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
}