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6.82.  < rich:separator >

A horizontal line to use as a separator in a layout. The line type can be customized with the "lineType" parameter.


Table 6.486. rich : separator attributes

Attribute NameDescription
alignThis attribute specifies a position of the separator according to the document. The possible values are "left", "center" and "right". Default value is "left".
bindingThe attribute takes a value-binding expression for a component property of a backing bean
heightThe separator height. Default value is "6px".
idEvery component may have a unique id that is automatically created if omitted
lineTypeA line type. The possible values are "beveled", "dotted", "dashed", "double", "solid" and "none". Default value is "beveled"
onclickHTML: a script expression; a pointer button is clicked
ondblclickHTML: a script expression; a pointer button is double-clicked
onkeydownHTML: a script expression; a key is pressed down
onkeypressHTML: a script expression; a key is pressed and released
onkeyupHTML: a script expression; a key is released
onmousedownHTML: script expression; a pointer button is pressed down
onmousemoveHTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved within
onmouseoutHTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved away
onmouseoverHTML: a script expression; a pointer is moved onto
onmouseupHTML: script expression; a pointer button is released
renderedIf "false", this component is not rendered
styleCSS style(s) is/are to be applied when this component is rendered
styleClassCorresponds to the HTML class attribute
titleHTML: An advisory title for this element. Often displayed as a tooltip
widthThe separator width that can be defined in pixels or in percents. Default value is "100%".

Table 6.487. Component identification parameters

NameValue
component-typeorg.richfaces.separator
component-classorg.richfaces.component.html.HtmlSeparator
component-familyorg.richfaces.separator
renderer-typeorg.richfaces.SeparatorRenderer
tag-classorg.richfaces.taglib.SeparatorTag

Here is a simple example as it could be used on a page:

Example:


...
<rich:separator/>
...

Example:

import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlSeparator;

...
HtmlSeparator mySeparator = new HtmlSeparator();
...

<rich:separator> is a simple layout component, which represents a separator stylized as a skin. Thus, the main attributes that define its style are "style" and "styleClass". In addition there are "width" and "height" attributes that should be specified in pixels. On the HTML page the component is transposed into HTML <div> tag.

The line type can be customized with the "lineType" parameter. For example, different line types are shown after rendering with the following initial settings lineType="double"and lineType="solid".


Except style attributes, there are also event definition attributes:

  • "onmouseover"

  • "onclick"

  • "onmouseout"

  • etc.

For skinnability implementation, the components use a style class redefinition method.

To redefine the appearance of all <rich:separator> components at once, you should add to your style sheets the style class used by a <rich:separator> component.


In order to redefine styles for all <rich:separator> components on a page using CSS, it's enough to create classes with the same names (possible classes could be found in the tables above) and define necessary properties in them.

Example:


...
.rich-separator{
    
background-color:#ff7700;
}
...

This is a result:


In the example background color for separator was changed.

Also it's possible to change styles of particular <rich:separator> component. In this case you should create own style classes and use them in corresponding <rich:separator> styleClass attributes. An example is placed below:

Example:


...
.myClass{
    
background-color:#ffead9;
}
...

The "styleClass" attribute for <rich:separator> is defined as it's shown in the example below:

Example:


<rich:separator ... styleClass="myClass"/>

This is a result:


As it could be seen on the picture above,background color for separator was changed.

On the component LiveDemo page you can see the example of <rich:separator> usage and sources for the given example.