I have written a small program, while reading a book about swing, that creates a JSplitPane between two labels. The problem is that the JSplitPane can barely be seen (at least in my operating system - MAC OS Lion) and setting some properties on it (like foreground color) does not seem to work.
Here is the code :
//Demonstrate a simple JSplitPane
package swingexample4_6;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
public class SplitPaneDemo {
//constructor
public SplitPaneDemo()
{
//Create a new JFrame container.
//Use the default border layout
JFrame jfrm = new JFrame("Split Pane Demo");
//Give the frame an initial size
jfrm.setSize(380, 150);
//Terminate the program when the user closes the application
jfrm.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//--Make two labels to show the split pane
JLabel jlab = new JLabel(" Left side: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
JLabel jlab2 = new JLabel(" Right side: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ");
//Set the minimum size for each label
//This step is not technically needed to use a split pane,
//but it enables the split pane resizing features to be
//used to their maximum extent
jlab.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(90, 30));
jlab2.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(90, 30));
//--Create a split pane
JSplitPane jsp = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT, true, jlab, jlab2);
//Code to get a list of component names in the console
Component[] listComponents = jsp.getComponents();
String theList;
for (Component myComponent: listComponents)
{
theList = myComponent.toString();
System.out.println(theList);
}
//Add the split pane to the content pane
jfrm.getContentPane().add(jsp);
//Display the frame
jfrm.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Create the frame on the event dispatching thread
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable(){
@Override
public void run() {
new SplitPaneDemo();
}
});
}
}
Is there any way I can change its color , so that it can really stand out? Thank you.
You can use the SplitPane.background
property, as shown below.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
/** @see http://stackoverflow.com/a/10110232/230513 */
public class SplitPaneDemo {
//constructor
public SplitPaneDemo() {
JFrame jf = new JFrame("Split Pane Demo");
jf.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
//--Make two labels to show the split pane
JPanel left = content("Left side: ");
JPanel right = content("Right side: ");
//--Create a split pane
JSplitPane jsp = new JSplitPane(
JSplitPane.HORIZONTAL_SPLIT, true, left, right);
jsp.setDividerLocation(0.5f);
//Add the split pane to the frame's content pane
jf.add(jsp);
jf.pack();
//Display the frame
jf.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
jf.setVisible(true);
//Code to get a list of component names in the console
for (Component myComponent : jsp.getComponents()) {
System.out.println(myComponent);
}
}
private JPanel content(String s) {
final JLabel label = new JLabel(s + "Some text.", JLabel.CENTER);
JPanel panel = new JPanel(new GridLayout()) {
@Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
Dimension d = label.getPreferredSize();
return new Dimension(d.width * 2, d.height * 3);
}
};
panel.setOpaque(true);
panel.setBackground(new Color(0xffffffc0));
panel.add(label);
return panel;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
UIManager.put("SplitPane.background", new Color(0xff8080ff));
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
new SplitPaneDemo();
}
});
}
}
JLabel
is by default NON_Opaque
, simple is transparent, you can
change JLabels
to the JComponent
or JPanel
could be better
change opacity by JLabel#setOpaque(true)
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