JavaFX | SplitPane Class

SplitPane class is a part of JavaFX. SplitPane class is a control which contains two or more sides separated by a divider. Sides can be dragged by the user to give more space to one of the sides which cause the other side to shrink by an equal amount. SplitPane class inherits Control class.

Constructor of the Class:

• SplitPane(): Creates a new SplitPane.
• SplitPane(Node… n): Creates a SplitPane with specified nodes.

Commonly Used Methods:

Below programs illustrate the use of SplitPane Class:

1. Java program to create a split pane and add labels to it:
   • In this program, we will create a SplitPane name split_pane.
   • Create and add labels to the split pane using getItems().add() function.
   • Add the split_pane to the scene and add the scene to the stage.
   • Call the show() function to display the final results.

   
   

   
   
   

   // Java program to create a split pane // and add labels to it import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.*; import javafx.scene.layout.*; import javafx.stage.Stage; import javafx.scene.layout.*; import javafx.scene.paint.*; import javafx.scene.text.*; import javafx.geometry.*; import javafx.scene.layout.*; import javafx.scene.shape.*; import javafx.scene.paint.*; import javafx.scene.*; import java.io.*; import javafx.scene.image.*;    public class SplitPane_1 extends Application {        // launch the application     public void start(Stage stage)     {            try {                // set title for the stage             stage.setTitle("Split Pane");                // create a splitpane             SplitPane split_pane = new SplitPane();                // create labels and add it to splitPane             for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++) {                    split_pane.getItems().add(new Label("\tLabel no "                                                      + i + "\t"));             }                // create a scene             Scene scene = new Scene(split_pane, 500, 300);                // set the scene             stage.setScene(scene);                stage.show();         }            catch (Exception e) {                System.out.println(e.getMessage());         }     }        // Main Method     public static void main(String args[])     {            // launch the application         launch(args);     } }

   Output:

   

2. Java program to create a split pane set its orientation and add labels to it:
   • In this program we will create a SplitPane name split_pane.
   • Create and add labels to the split pane using getItems().add() function.
   • Add the split_pane to the scene and add the scene to the stage.
   • Set the orientation of the split_pane using the setOrientation() function.
   • Call the show() function to display the final results.

   
   

   
   
   

   // Java program to create a split pane, set // its orientation and add labels to it import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.*; import javafx.scene.layout.*; import javafx.stage.Stage; import javafx.scene.layout.*; import javafx.scene.paint.*; import javafx.scene.text.*; import javafx.geometry.*; import javafx.scene.layout.*; import javafx.scene.shape.*; import javafx.scene.paint.*; import javafx.scene.*; import java.io.*; import javafx.scene.image.*;    public class SplitPane_2 extends Application {        // launch the application     public void start(Stage stage)     {            try {                // set title for the stage             stage.setTitle("Split Pane");                // create a splitpane             SplitPane split_pane = new SplitPane();                // create labels and add it to splitPane             for (int i = 1; i < 5; i++) {                    // create a label                 Label label = new Label("\tLabel no " + i + "\t");                    // set preferred height                 label.setPrefHeight(50);                    split_pane.getItems().add(label);             }                // set Orientation of splitpane             split_pane.setOrientation(Orientation.VERTICAL);                // create a scene             Scene scene = new Scene(split_pane, 500, 300);                // set the scene             stage.setScene(scene);                stage.show();         }            catch (Exception e) {                System.out.println(e.getMessage());         }     }        // Main Method     public static void main(String args[])     {            // launch the application         launch(args);     } }

   Output:

   

Note: The above programs might not run in an online IDE please use an offline compiler.

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/javafx/api/javafx/scene/control/SplitPane.html