That works perfectly - thanks for the explanation & suggestion Roger! On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Roger L. Whitcomb <[email protected] > wrote:
> Try using a TablePane instead of the BoxPane. The reason you are seeing > this is the following:**** > > **· **BoxPane, vertical with fill=true will lay out its children > from top to bottom and size them horizontally to fill the space, but only > take as much room as required vertically to fit its children’s size(s).*** > * > > **· **Since the SplitPane doesn’t have a native size (it will > stretch itself horizontally to fill the space, but has no vertical size > without something to give it a size) it will end up with a 0 height.**** > > ** ** > > So, you could, instead of a BoxPane, use a TablePane with two rows (sizes > “1*” and “-1”) and one column (size “1*”). This option will leave room for > your status row (as the bottom row of the TablePane) and take up the rest > of the space with the other row, which will give a size to the SplitPane.* > *** > > ** ** > > The code would look something like this:**** > > <Frame …>**** > > <menuBar>**** > > …**** > > </menuBar>**** > > <TablePane>**** > > <columns>**** > > <TablePane.Column width=”1*”/>**** > > </columns>**** > > <rows>**** > > <TablePane.Row height=”1*”>**** > > <SplitPane …>**** > > …**** > > </SplitPane>**** > > </TablePane.Row>**** > > <TablePane.Row height=”-1”>**** > > <Label text=”Status Bar Text”/>**** > > </TablePane.Row>**** > > </rows>**** > > </TablePane>**** > > </Frame>**** > > **** > > Try that and see how it goes.**** > > **** > > *~Roger Whitcomb* > > ** ** > > *From:* Joseph Paterson [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 05, 2012 7:01 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* SplitPane within a BoxPane**** > > ** ** > > Hello,**** > > ** ** > > I'm trying to setup the general layout of my application, and ideally I > would like a menu at the top, something in the middle and a placeholder for > a status bar at the bottom. I'm using a Frame as it has built-in support > for the menu, and for the content I am using a BoxPane. The BoxPane will > contain a SplitPane followed by a Label for the status bar, but I can't get > the SplitPane to show up. If I have it on it's own (ie. not within the > BoxPane) it is fine, but it disappears when I have it in the BoxPane. My > BXML file looks like this:**** > > ** ** > > <Frame xmlns="org.apache.pivot.wtk"**** > > title="My Title" styles="{showWindowControls:false}" maximized="true">** > ** > > ** ** > > <menuBar>**** > > *[...]***** > > </menuBar>**** > > ** ** > > <BoxPane orientation="vertical" styles="{fill:true}">**** > > <SplitPane orientation="vertical" splitRatio="0.8">**** > > <left>**** > > <Border/>**** > > </left>**** > > <right>**** > > <Border/>**** > > </right>**** > > </SplitPane>**** > > <Label text="Status Bar Text"/>**** > > </BoxPane>**** > > <Frame>**** > > ** ** > > Am I missing something?**** > > ** ** > > Many thanks,**** > > ** ** > > Joseph.**** >
