How to add Horizontal Separator when using GroupLayout

I am currently using Java within another program called DOORS Rational Publishing Engine. I have successfully created a dialog box containing a number of questions with associated drop-downs next to each question using 2 columns within a sequentialGroup. The issue I have is that I want to separate the first 2 questions from the remaining 4 but I'm not sure how to have the separator extend through both columns. Here is the code I have thus far (keep in mind that I am not able to use native Java for this project, thus the javax.swing, etc.

Code:

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var myFrame = javax.swing.JFrame();
var myPanel = javax.swing.JPanel();
var myLayout = javax.swing.GroupLayout(myPanel);
myPanel.setLayout(myLayout);

//Creates gaps between components
myLayout.setAutoCreateGaps(true);

//Creates gaps between components and window
myLayout.setAutoCreateContainerGaps(true);

//Horizontal axis component group
var hGroup = myLayout.createSequentialGroup();
var hComponents = myLayout.createParallelGroup();
hComponents.addComponent(WelcomeLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(ProjectLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(DocumentLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(FormalOptionLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(SCPLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(SCPNoteLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(DraftLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(AppendLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(SignLabel);
hGroup.addGroup(hComponents);

var moreHComponents = myLayout.createParallelGroup();
moreHComponents.addComponent(Welcome_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Project_Select_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Document_Select_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(FormalOption_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(SCP_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(EmptyLabel);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Draft_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Append_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Sign_Field);
hGroup.addGroup(moreHComponents);

myLayout.setHorizontalGroup(hGroup);

//Vertical axis component group
var vGroup = myLayout.createSequentialGroup();

var vComponentsWelcome = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsWelcome.addComponent(WelcomeLabel);
vComponentsWelcome.addComponent(Welcome_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsWelcome);

var vComponentsProject = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsProject.addComponent(ProjectLabel);
vComponentsProject.addComponent(Project_Select_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsProject);

var vComponentsDocument = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsDocument.addComponent(DocumentLabel);
vComponentsDocument.addComponent(Document_Select_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsDocument);

//This is where I want the separator to appear spanning both columns.

var vComponentsFormal = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsFormal.addComponent(FormalOptionLabel);
vComponentsFormal.addComponent(FormalOption_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsFormal);

var vComponentsSCP = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsSCP.addComponent(SCPLabel);
vComponentsSCP.addComponent(SCP_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsSCP);

var vComponentsDraft = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsDraft.addComponent(DraftLabel);
vComponentsDraft.addComponent(Draft_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsDraft);

myLayout.setVerticalGroup(vGroup);

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I suppose my first question is whether this is even possible with a groupLayout? If it is, how would I do it?

Chris

Is this java or javascript? The var statement is in javascript, not java.

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Originally Posted by ccote1

I am currently using Java within another program called DOORS Rational Publishing Engine. I have successfully created a dialog box containing a number of questions with associated drop-downs next to each question using 2 columns within a sequentialGroup. The issue I have is that I want to separate the first 2 questions from the remaining 4 but I'm not sure how to have the separator extend through both columns. Here is the code I have thus far (keep in mind that I am not able to use native Java for this project, thus the javax.swing, etc.

Code:

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var myFrame = javax.swing.JFrame();
var myPanel = javax.swing.JPanel();
var myLayout = javax.swing.GroupLayout(myPanel);
myPanel.setLayout(myLayout);

//Creates gaps between components
myLayout.setAutoCreateGaps(true);

//Creates gaps between components and window
myLayout.setAutoCreateContainerGaps(true);

//Horizontal axis component group
var hGroup = myLayout.createSequentialGroup();
var hComponents = myLayout.createParallelGroup();
hComponents.addComponent(WelcomeLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(ProjectLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(DocumentLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(FormalOptionLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(SCPLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(SCPNoteLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(DraftLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(AppendLabel);
hComponents.addComponent(SignLabel);
hGroup.addGroup(hComponents);

var moreHComponents = myLayout.createParallelGroup();
moreHComponents.addComponent(Welcome_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Project_Select_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Document_Select_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(FormalOption_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(SCP_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(EmptyLabel);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Draft_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Append_Field);
moreHComponents.addComponent(Sign_Field);
hGroup.addGroup(moreHComponents);

myLayout.setHorizontalGroup(hGroup);

//Vertical axis component group
var vGroup = myLayout.createSequentialGroup();

var vComponentsWelcome = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsWelcome.addComponent(WelcomeLabel);
vComponentsWelcome.addComponent(Welcome_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsWelcome);

var vComponentsProject = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsProject.addComponent(ProjectLabel);
vComponentsProject.addComponent(Project_Select_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsProject);

var vComponentsDocument = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsDocument.addComponent(DocumentLabel);
vComponentsDocument.addComponent(Document_Select_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsDocument);

//This is where I want the separator to appear spanning both columns.

var vComponentsFormal = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsFormal.addComponent(FormalOptionLabel);
vComponentsFormal.addComponent(FormalOption_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsFormal);

var vComponentsSCP = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsSCP.addComponent(SCPLabel);
vComponentsSCP.addComponent(SCP_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsSCP);

var vComponentsDraft = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsDraft.addComponent(DraftLabel);
vComponentsDraft.addComponent(Draft_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsDraft);

myLayout.setVerticalGroup(vGroup);

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I suppose my first question is whether this is even possible with a groupLayout? If it is, how would I do it?

Chris

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Not a java(script) swing expert, but try searching for "javax.swing horizontal divider". There seems to be several code snippets, and while perhaps grouplayout may not work, there should be other containers that will.

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Originally Posted by Norm

Is this java or javascript? The var statement is in javascript, not java.

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Seems like var could be on its way to java. http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/286. My experience is it takes a while to get used to over explicit variable type declarations, but ends up making the code easier to read and still type safe.

As I should have mentioned in my original post, I'm actually using what I would call quasi-java within DOORS RPE. I apologize for not being clear about that. While DOORS uses Javascript, I'm still, somehow, able to use java functionality to create dialog boxes. I have now figured out how to add the separator, but because of the setAutoCreateGaps, I have 2 individual lines with a gap between them. I'm not sure if it's possible to remove the space between the columns in a single row in the vertical axis group of a Java GroupLayout.

Code:

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//Creates gaps between components
myLayout.setAutoCreateGaps(true);

...
... Add Horizontal axis groups for GroupLayout
...

var vComponentsDocument = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsDocument.addComponent(DocumentLabel);
vComponentsDocument.addComponent(Document_Select_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsDocument);

//I'd like to, if possible, remove the gap between the 2 separators in this row
var vComponentsSeparators = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsSeparators.addComponent(hSeparator1);
vComponentsSeparators.addComponent(hSeparator2);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsSeparators);

var vComponentsFormal = myLayout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE);
vComponentsFormal.addComponent(FormalOptionLabel);
vComponentsFormal.addComponent(FormalOption_Field);
vGroup.addGroup(vComponentsFormal);

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