horizontal line rich:separator HtmlSeparator

Component identification parameters

Name | Value
--- | ---
component-type | org.richfaces.separator
component-class | org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlSeparator
component-family | org.richfaces.separator
renderer-type | org.richfaces.SeparatorRenderer
tag-class | org.richfaces.taglib.SeparatorTag

## Creating the Component with a Page Tag

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

Example:

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

## Creating the Component Dynamically Using Java

Example:

    import org.richfaces.component.html.HtmlSeparator;
    ...
    HtmlSeparator mySeparator = new HtmlSeparator();
    ...

## Details of Usage

<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"`.

Different line types of <rich:separator>

Except style attributes, there are also event definition attributes:

- "onmouseover"

- "onclick"

- "onmouseout"

- etc.

## Look-and-Feel Customization

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.

## Definition of Custom Style Classes

Classes names that define a component appearance

Class name | Description
--- | ---
rich-separator | Defines styles for a component appearance

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:

Redefinition styles with predefined classes

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:

Redefinition styles with own classes and styleClass attributes

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

## Relevant Resources Links

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