in reply to Looking for a standalone separator for Perl/Tk

Just use a simple black (or desired color) frame. 

#!/usr/bin/perl

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1185809

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

$mw->Label( -text => 'top part', -height => 5,
  )->pack;
$mw->Frame( -height => 2, -bg => 'black',
  )->pack( -fill => 'x' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'bottom part', -height => 5,
  )->pack( -side => 'bottom');
$mw->Frame( -height => 2, -bg => 'black',
  )->pack( -side => 'bottom', -fill => 'x' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'left part', -height => 5, -padx => 25,
  )->pack( -side => 'left');

$mw->Frame( -width => 2, -bg => 'black',
  )->pack( -side => 'left', -fill => 'y' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'right part', -height => 5, -padx => 25,
  )->pack( -side => 'left');

MainLoop;

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Re^2: Looking for a standalone separator for Perl/Tk
by kbrannen (Beadle) on Mar 24, 2017 at 18:59 UTC
    Thanks! It's good to know I was on a reasonable path.

    I just wished there was something simpler like:
    use Tk::Separator;

$mw->Separator(-orient => 'horizonal')->pack();
# -or-
$mw->Separator(-orient => 'vertical')->pack();

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    and all of the little details would automatically be taken care of. :) I suppose I could look at writing such a thing. Hmm, maybe I could steal some code from the Menubar or PanedWindow widgets since they have something like that already and make it its own widget.

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      Like this ? 

      #!/usr/bin/perl

# http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1185809

use strict;
use warnings;
use Tk;

sub Tk::Separator
  {
  my ($self, %rest ) = @_;
  my $direction = delete $rest{'-orient'} // 'horizontal';
  $self->Frame( %{ {%rest, -bg => 'black',
    $direction eq 'vertical' ? '-width' : '-height' => 2 } } );
  }

my $mw = MainWindow->new;

$mw->Label( -text => 'top part', -height => 5,
  )->pack;
$mw->Separator()->pack( -fill => 'x' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'bottom part', -height => 5,
  )->pack( -side => 'bottom');
$mw->Separator()->pack( -side => 'bottom', -fill => 'x' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'left part', -height => 5, -padx => 25,
  )->pack( -side => 'left');

$mw->Separator( -orient => 'vertical')->pack( -side => 'left', -fill =
+> 'y' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'middle part', -height => 5, -padx => 25,
  )->pack( -side => 'left');

$mw->Separator( -orient => 'vertical')->pack( -side => 'left', -fill =
+> 'y' );

$mw->Label( -text => 'right part', -height => 5, -padx => 25,
  )->pack( -side => 'left');

MainLoop;

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[d/l]
        I'd created a make_separator() to help myself, but I like what you've done better. It feels more Perl/Tk'ish. :) Thanks for the help and the lesson!

        Maybe that will help others who search for this.

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