Separator

Introduction

The Separator widget is composed of a line and optionally an text and an image.

Constructors

• Separator(Composite parent, int style) or
• Separator(Composite parent, int style, LineStyle lineStyle)
• parent, the parent Composite
• style, the style flags SWT.VERTICAL or SWT.HORIZONTAL. The default is SWT.HORIZONTAL.
• lineStyle, the style of the line. Default is LineStyle.ShadowIn.

Methods

• setText(String) set the text to show.
• setImage(Image) set the optional image.
• setOrientation(int) defines the orientation of the widget (SWT.HORIZONTAL or SWT.VERTICAL).

Colors and font

• setBackground(Color) sets the background color.
• setForeground(Color) sets the text color.
• setLineColor(Color) sets the line color. This color is used for all line styles excluding ShadowIn and ShadowOut. Default is the defined foreground color.
• setFont(Font) sets the text font.

Margins and spacing

• setIndent(int) defines the distance between the left border and the image in pixels.
• setSpacing(int) defines the space beween image and text in pixels.
• setMarginWidth(int) and setMarginHeight(int) sets the widgets margins.

Line style

• setLineStyle(LineStyle) defines the style of the line.
• setLineCap(int), setLineWidth(int) and setLineDashs(int[]) sets the SWT line properties in equivalence to the GC methods.