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I read the textbook, and I am still struggling to fully understand what the difference is between the two

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HBox containers are horizontal and on the top or bottom, whilst VBox containers are vertical and on the left or right.

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They are both containers of nodes, but they differ in how the nodes are displayed. Your nodes (botton, label, etc.) appears on a row in Hbox, while they will appears on a column in VBox.

Here's the source: https://docs.oracle.com/javafx/2/layout/builtin_layouts.htm

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