Split Pane - A display container with a movable vertical divider

This display element is used to display any two display elements, placing a movable vertical divider between them.

The Split Pane element is useful when there is a need to divide part of the display area between two elements displayed side-by-side. At runtime, the user may increase/decrease the width of one of the display elements in respect to the other.

The Split Pane element displays horizontal and/or vertical scrollbars on either side of the divider if required, depending on the positioning of the divider and the size of the display elements .

The Split Pane element will not allow the user to drag the divider completely to one side, always leaving a minimal width through which the contents on either side of the divider may be viewed. If this visual functionality is not required, and you wish to display only one of two (or more) elements at any given moment, consider using a Tabbed Pane or Variable Pane instead.

Internal Modeling

To define the contents of the Split Pane, add two display elements. Typical modeling uses two Panes, although any display element, except View, can be used.

It is very common to add an action sub-model that initializes elements in the split pane. Such an action would have no triggers (and thus be performed automatically when the split pane is activated) and would contain a reference to the split pane through which default values of fields are set.