Titled separator in java swing

Question

I want to show titled separator in java swing application. Something like

-------Text-------

I found some third party libraries providing this functionality:

But I'm interested in a way without using any third party api. Can we do this by extending JSeparator? How else can we do that?

See my answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/9533238/995822 . It uses a `TitledBorder`. — Radu Murzea, Jul 13 '12 at 07:59

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Mar 24 '15 at 13:01

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I think you might be able to use a combination of a MatteBorder and a TitledBorder

MatteBorder mb = new MatteBorder(1, 0, 0, 0, Color.BLACK);
TitledBorder tb = new TitledBorder(mb, "Some Long Text", TitledBorder.CENTER, TitledBorder.DEFAULT_POSITION);

edited Mar 24 '15 at 13:01

rofrol

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answered Jul 13 '12 at 08:13

MadProgrammer

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Great. :) And it should be `TitledBorder` and not `TitleBorder`. – Harry Joy Jul 13 '12 at 08:31
Typing on iPad, always fun :P – MadProgrammer Jul 13 '12 at 09:06

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 13 '12 at 07:58

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Use a TitledBorder. Like this for example:

import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;

public class TestBorder {

    protected void initUI() {
        JFrame frame = new JFrame(TestBorder.class.getSimpleName());
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
        TitledBorder titledBorder = BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Some title");
        titledBorder.setTitleJustification(TitledBorder.CENTER);
        panel.setBorder(titledBorder);
        frame.add(panel);
        frame.setSize(400, 300);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                new TestBorder().initUI();
            }
        });
    }

}

answered Jul 13 '12 at 07:58

Guillaume Polet

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It shows text to left, I want the text to be in the center of line separator. – Harry Joy Jul 13 '12 at 08:00
@mark updated my code. Simply set the justification of the border. – Guillaume Polet Jul 13 '12 at 08:02
titledBorder (aka: GroupBoxes) introduce visual noise, so don't use them - nowadays, even win ux guide cautions against using them ... @mark it's rather straightforward to implement a TitledSeperator for yourself, or extract the code from open source projects like SwingX or any other you already found – kleopatra Jul 13 '12 at 08:36
@mark exactly :-) Have a look at Karsten's (JGoodies) articles/talks – kleopatra Jul 13 '12 at 08:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 25 '15 at 21:26

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That is simple and lower case.

import javax.swing.border.*;

then

BevelBorder bedge=new BevelBorder(BevelBorder.RAISED);
lbl.setBorder(bedge);

-----------------next border type

import javax.swing.border.*;

then

TitledBorder tedge=new TitledBorder(TitledBorder.CENTER);
lbl.setBorder(tedge);

edited Dec 25 '15 at 21:26

Drew

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answered Dec 25 '15 at 21:12

Saquib_Azam

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Titled separator in java swing

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