import java.applet.Applet; import java.awt.* ; public class VerticalSeparator extends Applet { private Color _light ; private Color _dark ; public void paint( Graphics g ) { g.setColor( Color.gray ) ; Dimension size = size() ; _light = getBackground().brighter().brighter(); _dark = a getBackground().darker().darker(); int length = size.height ; int xPosition = ( size.width )/2 ; g.setColor( _dark ) ; g.drawLine( xPosition, 0, xPosition, length ) ; g.setColor( _light ) ; g.drawLine( xPosition+1, 0, xPosition+1, length ) ; } public Dimension getPreferredSize() { return new Dimension( 4,8 ) ; } public Dimension getMinimumSize() { return getPreferredSize() ; } }