javaswinglayoutjtoolbar

Why is addSeparator() not working with my JToolBar?

I am having trouble getting a JSeparator to show up inside of a JToolBar. My toolbar is created as follows :

public class ToolBar extends JToolBar {
    super();

    FlowLayout layout = new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.LEFT, 10, 5);
    setLayout(layout);

    add(new JButton("Button 1"));
    addSeparator();
    add(new JButton("Button 2"));
    add(new JButton("Button 3"));
    addSeparator();

    // Show
    setVisible(true);
    setFloatable(false);

}

Any thoughts would be really appreciated, I have been trying to get this to work for way too long now >(

Solution

  • Trying your code there, when I call the addSeparator() method it creates a space between the buttons but no visible separation line.

    But if I change the method to addSeparator(new Dimension(20,20)) it then creates the visible separation line.

    The problem could be that the default look and feel creates a separator of height 1 so you would be unable to see it.

    I am running it on Mac OSX.