import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.ScrollPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane;
import javafx.stage.Stage;

public class LabelEllipseTest extends Application {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Application.launch(args);
  }

  @Override
  public void start(Stage primaryStage) {
    primaryStage.setTitle("Ellipsis Padding Test");

    // create some sample text to display
    final String seed = "Every good boy deserves fruit, ";
    final StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder();
    for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) text.append(seed);

    // create a scroll pane.
    ScrollPane scrollPane = new ScrollPane();
    scrollPane.setFitToWidth(true);

    // create a stackPane so we can surround the text with padding.
    // note that you could just do text.setStyle("-fx-padding: 10;") instead of using the stackpane, 
    // but that style is not documented and does not work for wrapped labels (the ellipsis calculations don't take into account the -fx-padding setting).
    // note putting the text in the stack pane also doesn't work (perhaps the ellipsis calculations don't take into account the stackPane's padding, or some other issue), but at least is seems to use a documented api.
    final StackPane stackPane = new StackPane();
//    stackPane.setStyle("-fx-padding: 10px;");
    stackPane.setPadding(new Insets(10));

    // create a label with the sample text, placed inside the stackPane.
    final Label label = new Label(text.toString());
//    label.setStyle("-fx-padding: 10px;");
    label.setWrapText(true);
    stackPane.setAlignment(Pos.TOP_LEFT);
    stackPane.getChildren().add(label);

    // put the padded stackPane pane containing the text inside the scrollPane.
    scrollPane.setContent(stackPane);

    // display the scene.
    Scene scene = new Scene(scrollPane, 500, 200);
    scrollPane.prefWidthProperty().bind(scene.widthProperty());
    primaryStage.setScene(scene);
    primaryStage.show();
  }
}