Access the cell nodes in a ListView

Question

How do I access the cell nodes (listcells) in a listview?
For example, if i want to increase the size (specifically, the height) of the cells?

Answer 1

You have to write a CellFactory for your ListView, like this:
        ObservableList<String> items = FXCollections.observableArrayList("String1", "String2", "String3");
        ListView<String> listView = new ListView<String>();
        listView.setItems(items);
        listView.setCellFactory(new Callback<ListView<String>, ListCell<String>>() {
            @Override
            public ListCell<String> call(ListView<String> stringListView) {
                ListCell<String> cell = new ListCell<String>() {
                    protected void updateItem(String item, boolean empty) {
                        super.updateItem(item, empty);
                        if (item != null) {
                            setText(item);
                cell.setPrefHeight(100);
                return cell;
        });Usually you probably want to write your own class for the cell factory.
You can either set a height or you can add a style class to your cell, and use padding in CSS.
(I don't know, why you can't set padding on the cell directly.)