Works pretty fine:
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.TextField; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class TextFieldWidthApp extends Application { @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) throws Exception { TextField userTextField = new TextField(); userTextField.setPrefWidth(800); primaryStage.setScene(new Scene(userTextField)); primaryStage.show(); } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }