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Defines the y coordinate of the translation that is added to this Node's transform for the purpose of layout. The value should be computed as the offset required to adjust the position of the node from its current layoutBounds minY position (which might not be 0) to the desired location.

For example, if textnode should be positioned at finalY


     textnode.setLayoutY(finalY - textnode.getLayoutBounds().getMinY());

Failure to subtract layoutBounds minY may result in misplacement of the node. The relocate(x, y) method will automatically do the correct computation and should generally be used over setting layoutY directly.

The node's final translation will be computed as layoutY + translateY, where layoutY establishes the node's stable position and translateY optionally makes dynamic adjustments to that position.

If the node is managed and has a javafx.scene.layout.Region as its parent, then the region will set layoutY according to its own layout policy. If the node is unmanaged or parented by a Group, then the application may set layoutY directly to position it.