Simple equivalent to display: none?

[Moises Chicharro]

Sorry, I see you are setting it already with visible - note to self, skim less ;-)

> On 22 Jul 2015, at 13:50, Moises Chicharro <mo.chicharro at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Is this what you need?
> 
> public final void setManaged(boolean value)
> 
> Property description:
> Defines whether or not this node's layout will be managed by it's parent.
> 
> 
>> On 22 Jul 2015, at 13:33, Mike Hearn <mike at plan99.net> wrote:
>> 
>> One common layout task that seems harder than necessary in JavaFX is to
>> temporarily remove a node from the scene graph, without having to actually
>> mess about with the parent container. In HTML you can do use #foo {
>> display: none; } to hide something temporarily. In JFX you have to remove
>> from the parent container's child nodes list, and then remember where it
>> was so it can be put back later.
>> 
>> The visible property is nearly good enough except that it doesn't affect
>> layout. Setting both visible and managed to false can sometimes work but
>> seems indirect.
>> 
>> Is there any appetite for a boolean display property that makes layout
>> managers ignore/skip the child and also makes it invisible?
>