Assertion errors appear when attempting to add checkbox to empty options panel

[Nancy-Salpepi]

Test device MacBook Air (m1 chip)

Operating System macOS 13.0

Browser safari/chrome

Problem description For https://github.com/phetsims/qa/issues/845 and https://github.com/phetsims/qa/issues/844 In Studio: After setting checkbox visibleProperty to false for all checkboxes in the Options panel, attempting to change the visibleProperty back to true, results in assertion errors.

Steps to reproduce In Basics:

1. In studio, select "all" under PhET-iO elements
2. Set moleculeShapesBasics.modelScreen.view.optionsPanel.showBondAnglesCheckbox.visibleProperty to false --The title 'Options' is still present on the screen
3. Try to set moleculeShapesBasics.modelScreen.view.optionsPanel.showBondAnglesCheckbox.visibleProperty to true --assertion errors appear

This also happens on the Real Molecules screen.

In full version of the sim: Set both 'moleculeShapes.modelScreen.view.optionsPanel.showBondAnglesCheckbox.visibleProperty' and `moleculeShapes.modelScreen.view.optionsPanel.showLonePairsCheckbox.visibleProperty' to false. Then try and set one to true.

Visuals

[Nancy-Salpepi]

This error doesn't occur when I do something similar in the Name Panel, but does happen with the Bonding Panel and Lone Pair Panel.

[samreid]

I was able to easily reproduce this problem. Looks like it is trying to set a negative preferred width for some reason. I could likely come up with a working workaround, but may be better to get help from @jonathanolson or @marlitas about how to deal with that in the layout engine.

[jonathanolson]

Commit should handle this above, closing. Thanks!