Module javafx.controls
Package javafx.scene.control

Class SplitPane

java.lang.Object
javafx.scene.Node
javafx.scene.Parent
javafx.scene.layout.Region
javafx.scene.control.Control
javafx.scene.control.SplitPane
All Implemented Interfaces:
Styleable, EventTarget, Skinnable
@DefaultProperty("items") public class SplitPane extends Control

A control that has two or more sides, each separated by a divider, which can be dragged by the user to give more space to one of the sides, resulting in the other side shrinking by an equal amount.

Nodes can be positioned horizontally next to each other, or stacked vertically. This can be controlled by setting the orientationProperty().

The dividers in a SplitPane have the following behavior

  • Dividers cannot overlap another divider
  • Dividers cannot overlap a node.
  • Dividers moving to the left/top will stop when the node's min size is reached.
  • Dividers moving to the right/bottom will stop when the node's max size is reached.

Nodes needs to be placed inside a layout container before they are added into the SplitPane. If the node is not inside a layout container the maximum and minimum position of the divider will be the maximum and minimum size of the content.

A divider's position ranges from 0 to 1.0(inclusive). A position of 0 will place the divider at the left/top most edge of the SplitPane plus the minimum size of the node. A position of 1.0 will place the divider at the right/bottom most edge of the SplitPane minus the minimum size of the node. A divider position of 0.5 will place the the divider in the middle of the SplitPane. Setting the divider position greater than the node's maximum size position will result in the divider being set at the node's maximum size position. Setting the divider position less than the node's minimum size position will result in the divider being set at the node's minimum size position. Therefore the value set in setDividerPosition(int, double) and setDividerPositions(double...) may not be the same as the value returned by getDividerPositions().

If there are more than two nodes in the SplitPane and the divider positions are set in such a way that the dividers cannot fit the nodes the dividers will be automatically adjusted by the SplitPane.

For example we have three nodes whose sizes and divider positions are 

 Node 1: min 25 max 100
 Node 2: min 100 max 200
 Node 3: min 25 max 50
 divider 1: 0.40
 divider 2: 0.45

The result will be Node 1 size will be its pref size and divider 1 will be positioned 0.40, Node 2 size will be its min size and divider 2 position will be the min size of Node 2 plus divider 1 position, and the remaining space will be given to Node 3.

SplitPane sets focusTraversable to false.

Example:

 SplitPane sp = new SplitPane();
 final StackPane sp1 = new StackPane();
 sp1.getChildren().add(new Button("Button One"));
 final StackPane sp2 = new StackPane();
 sp2.getChildren().add(new Button("Button Two"));
 final StackPane sp3 = new StackPane();
 sp3.getChildren().add(new Button("Button Three"));
 sp.getItems().addAll(sp1, sp2, sp3);
 sp.setDividerPositions(0.3f, 0.6f, 0.9f);
Image of the SplitPane control
Since:
JavaFX 2.0

  • Property Details

  • Constructor Details

    • SplitPane

      public SplitPane()
      Creates a new SplitPane with no content.

    • SplitPane

      public SplitPane(Node... items)
      Creates a new SplitPane with the given items set as the content to split between one or more dividers.
      Parameters:
      items - The items to place inside the SplitPane.
      Since:
      JavaFX 8u40

  • Method Details

    • setResizableWithParent

      public static void setResizableWithParent(Node node, Boolean value)
      Sets a node in the SplitPane to be resizable or not when the SplitPane is resized. By default all node are resizable. Setting value to false will prevent the node from being resized.
      Parameters:
      node - A node in the SplitPane.
      value - true if the node is resizable or false if not resizable.
      Since:
      JavaFX 2.1

    • isResizableWithParent

      public static Boolean isResizableWithParent(Node node)
      Return true if the node is resizable when the parent container is resized false otherwise.
      Default value:
      true
      Parameters:
      node - A node in the SplitPane.
      Returns:
      true if the node is resizable false otherwise.
      Since:
      JavaFX 2.1

    • setOrientation

      public final void setOrientation(Orientation value)

      This property controls how the SplitPane should be displayed to the user. Orientation.HORIZONTAL will result in two (or more) nodes being placed next to each other horizontally, whilst Orientation.VERTICAL will result in the nodes being stacked vertically.

      Parameters:
      value - the orientation value

    • getOrientation

      public final Orientation getOrientation()
      The orientation for the SplitPane.
      Returns:
      The orientation for the SplitPane.

    • orientationProperty

      public final ObjectProperty<Orientation> orientationProperty()
      The orientation for the SplitPane.
      Returns:
      the orientation property for the SplitPane
      See Also:

    • getItems

      public ObservableList<Node> getItems()
      Returns an ObservableList which can be use to modify the contents of the SplitPane. The order the nodes are placed into this list will be the same order in the SplitPane.
      Returns:
      the list of items in this SplitPane.

    • getDividers

      public ObservableList<SplitPane.Divider> getDividers()
      Returns an unmodifiable list of all the dividers in this SplitPane.
      Returns:
      the list of dividers.

    • setDividerPosition

      public void setDividerPosition(int dividerIndex, double position)
      Sets the position of the divider at the specified divider index.
      Parameters:
      dividerIndex - the index of the divider.
      position - the divider position, between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).

    • setDividerPositions

      public void setDividerPositions(double... positions)
      Sets the position of the divider
      Parameters:
      positions - the divider position, between 0.0 and 1.0 (inclusive).

    • getDividerPositions

      public double[] getDividerPositions()
      Returns an array of double containing the position of each divider.
      Returns:
      an array of double containing the position of each divider.

    • getClassCssMetaData

      public static List<CssMetaData<? extends Styleable,?>> getClassCssMetaData()
      Gets the CssMetaData associated with this class, which may include the CssMetaData of its superclasses.
      Returns:
      the CssMetaData
      Since:
      JavaFX 8.0

    • getControlCssMetaData

      public List<CssMetaData<? extends Styleable,?>> getControlCssMetaData()
      Gets the unmodifiable list of the control's CSS-styleable properties.
      Overrides:
      getControlCssMetaData in class Control
      Returns:
      the unmodifiable list of the control's CSS-styleable properties
      Since:
      JavaFX 8.0

    • getInitialFocusTraversable

      protected Boolean getInitialFocusTraversable()
      Returns the initial focus traversable state of this control, for use by the JavaFX CSS engine to correctly set its initial value. This method is overridden as by default UI controls have focus traversable set to true, but that is not appropriate for this control.
      Overrides:
      getInitialFocusTraversable in class Control
      Returns:
      the initial focus traversable state of this control
      Since:
      9