Separator

Creates a small separating gap between elements. This type of separator should be used to separate parts of a dialog. It doesn't draw a bar visually, but is just a small space. It is functionally equivalent to a spacer except it defaults to a small size (usually 1.5 ems).

Attributes:

orient

Style Classes:

groove groove-thin thin

Attributes:

orient

Type: one of the values below

Used to specify whether the separator is a horizontal or vertical separator. Note that the values are the reverse of what seems more likely.

Inherited from XUL Element:

align allowevents allownegativeassertions class coalesceduplicatearcs
collapsed container containment context contextmenu
datasources dir empty equalsize flags
flex height hidden id insertafter
insertbefore left maxheight maxwidth menu
minheight minwidth mousethrough observes ordinal
orient pack persist popup position
preference-editable ref removeelement sortDirection sortResource
sortResource2 statustext style template tooltip
tooltiptext top uri wait-cursor width

Style Classes:

The following classes may be used to style the element. These classes should be used instead of changing the style of the element directly since they will fit more naturally with the user's selected theme.

groove

A grooved separator.

groove-thin

A thin grooved separator.

thin

A thinner separator which is usually 0.5 ems.


Properties and Methods:

Inherited from XUL Element:

align allowEvents blur boxObject boxObject.element
boxObject.getLookAndFeelMetric boxObject.height boxObject.screenX boxObject.screenY boxObject.width
boxObject.x boxObject.y builder className click
collapsed contextMenu controllers database datasources
dir doCommand flex focus getElementsByAttribute
height hidden id left maxHeight
maxWidth menu minHeight minWidth observes
ordinal orient pack persist ref
resource statusText style tooltip tooltipText
top width

Inherited from Element:

addEventListener
appendChild
attributes
childNodes
cloneNode
dispatchEvent
firstChild
getAttribute
getAttributeNS
getAttributeNode
getAttributeNodeNS
getElementsByTagName
getElementsByTagNameNS
hasAttribute
hasAttributeNS
hasAttributes
hasChildNodes
insertBefore
isSupported
lastChild
localName
namespaceURI
nextSibling
nodeName
nodeType
nodeValue
normalize
ownerDocument
parentNode
prefix
previousSibling
removeAttribute
removeAttributeNS
removeAttributeNode
removeChild
removeEventListener
replaceChild
setAttribute
setAttributeNS
setAttributeNode
setAttributeNodeNS
tagName

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