Making a smaller ComboBox

[Mikael Grev]

So, I guess no one knows how to remove the gap between the text and the button in ComboBox? 

That probably means it’s a bug since padding can be removed from all sides except for between the text and the button.

Cheers,
Mikael Grev


On 23 Jul 2014, at 16:11, Mikael Grev <grev at miginfocom.com> wrote:

> Hello all!
> 
> (FYI this question has also been asked here without any correct answers: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24852429/making-a-smaller-javafx-combobox )
> 
> I'm trying to make a smaller version of the ComboBox but the gap between the text and the arrow button is constant no matter what I do.
> 
> If I use the css:
> 
> .combo-box-base > *.arrow-button {
>     -fx-padding: 0 0 0 0;
>     -fx-background-color: pink, pink, pink, pink;
> }
> the arrow button gets smaller but the ComboBox itself still have the same size, only increasing the gap between the arrow and text to compensate.
> 
> If I do
> 
> .combo-box > .list-cell {
>     -fx-padding: 0 0 0 0;
>     -fx-border-insets: 0 0 0 0;
> }
> The combo get a smaller height but the width remain fixed.
> 
> Is there any way to make the preferred size of the combo smaller by reducing the size between the text and arrow?
> 
> I have a screenshot of the ComboBox attached.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mikael Grev
>