Set width for JSeperator

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to increase the thickness of the line for the JSeparator. Everything I try doesn't seem to work and I can't seem to find a solution in the API.

Here is the code...

import org.apache.commons.lang3.ArrayUtils;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;

import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;

public class TestGui extends JFrame {
    private final String[] guiCharSelDefault = {"---  Select Character ---"};
    private final String[] characters = {"charOne", "charTwo", "charThree", "charFour"};
    private final String[] GuiCharSel = (String[]) ArrayUtils.addAll(guiCharSelDefault, characters);
    private final String[] weapon = {"Weapon"};
    private final String[][] allWeapons = {
            {
                    "weakWeaponOne", "strongWeaponOne", "shortWeaponOne", "longWeaponOne"
            },
            {
                    "weakWeaponTwo", "strongWeaponTwo", "shortWeaponTwo", "longWeaponTwo"
            },
            {
                    "weakWeaponThree", "strongWeaponThree", "shortWeaponThree", "longWeaponThree"
            },
            {
                    "weakWeaponFour", "strongWeaponFour", "shortWeaponFour", "longWeaponFour"
            }
    };
    private JComboBox charCombo = new JComboBox(GuiCharSel);
    private JComboBox weaponsCombo = new JComboBox(weapon);
    private JPanel topFrame = createTopFrame();
    private JPanel centerFrame = createCenterFrame();

    //**************************************************************************************

    private static GridBagConstraints setGbc(int gridx, int gridy, int gridWidth, int gridHeight, int ipadx, int ipady, String anchorLocation, double weightx, double weighty, Insets insets){
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();

        if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("NORTHWEST")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("NORTH")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTH;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("NORTHEAST")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("WEST")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.WEST;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("EAST")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.EAST;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("SOUTHWEST")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTHWEST;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("SOUTH")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTH;
        } else if (anchorLocation.toUpperCase().equals("SOUTHEAST")){
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.SOUTHEAST;
        } else {
            gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.CENTER;
        }

        gbc.gridx = gridx; // column
        gbc.gridy = gridy; // row
        gbc.gridwidth = gridWidth; // number of columns
        gbc.gridheight = gridHeight; // number of rows
        gbc.ipadx = ipadx; // width of object
        gbc.ipady = ipady; // height of object
        gbc.weightx = weightx; // shifts rows to side of set anchor
        gbc.weighty = weighty; // shifts columns to side of set anchor
        gbc.insets = insets; // placement inside cell
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.HORIZONTAL;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.VERTICAL;

        return gbc;
    }

    private Insets setInsets(int top, int left, int bottom, int right){
        Insets insets = new Insets(top,left,bottom,right);
        return insets;
    }

    //**************************************************************************************

    private JPanel createTopFrame(){
        JPanel pnl = new JPanel();
        Border raisedBevel = BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder();
        Color lineColor = new Color(224,224,224);
        Border lineBorder = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(10, 10, 10, 10, lineColor);
        Border loweredBevel = BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder();
        Border compoundSetup = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(raisedBevel, lineBorder);
        Border compoundFinal = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(compoundSetup, loweredBevel);
        TitledBorder topFrameTitle = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(compoundFinal, "Character");
        topFrameTitle.setTitleJustification(TitledBorder.CENTER);
        JSeparator lineSplitOne = new JSeparator(JSeparator.VERTICAL);
        lineSplitOne.setSize(5, 1);

        pnl.setBorder(topFrameTitle);
        pnl.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        pnl.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(200, 60));

        charCombo.addActionListener(
                new ActionListener() {
                    public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
                        String charName = ((JComboBox)(e.getSource())).getSelectedItem().toString();
                        if (charName.equals("charOne")){
                            weaponsCombo.removeAllItems();
                            weaponsCombo.setModel(new DefaultComboBoxModel(allWeapons[1]));
                        }
                    }
                }
        );
        pnl.add(charCombo, setGbc(0,0, 1,1, 0,0, "WEST", 0, 0, setInsets(0, 0, 0, 0)));
        pnl.add(lineSplitOne, setGbc(1,0, 1,1, 0,0, "WEST", 0, 0, setInsets(0, 10, 0, 0)));
        pnl.add(weaponsCombo, setGbc(2,0, 1,1, 0,0, "WEST", 1, 1, setInsets(0, 10, 0, 0)));

        return pnl;
    }

    private JPanel createCenterFrame() {
        JPanel pnl = new JPanel();
        Border raisedBevel = BorderFactory.createRaisedBevelBorder();
        Color lineColor = new Color(224, 224, 224);
        Border lineBorder = BorderFactory.createMatteBorder(10, 10, 10, 10, lineColor);
        Border loweredBevel = BorderFactory.createLoweredBevelBorder();
        Border compoundSetup = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(raisedBevel, lineBorder);
        Border compoundFinal = BorderFactory.createCompoundBorder(compoundSetup, loweredBevel);
        TitledBorder topFrameTitle = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder(compoundFinal, "Stuff");
        topFrameTitle.setTitleJustification(TitledBorder.CENTER);

        pnl.setBorder(topFrameTitle);
        pnl.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());

        return pnl;
    }

    TestGui(){
        add(topFrame, BorderLayout.NORTH);
        add(centerFrame, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        setSize(600,800);
        setVisible(true);
        setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    }

    //**************************************************************************************

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new TestGui();
    }
}

The line gets created on line#92 and gets added in the panel on line#111. If anyone could tell me how to increase the thickness, it would really help. Thanks.

Answer 1

You can try adding border to your jSeparator and setting its color same as that of the JSeparator.

Then you may customize the thickness of that border.