I'm looking for a standalone separator widget for Perl/Tk, something to draw a line between other widgets. Imagine something like HTML's "hr" tag that can be horizontal or vertical ... or for those familiar with the old Motif, something like XmSeparator.

Does anyone know of an existing widget for this? If not, what could easily be made to do this?

I can do an empty Frame with a raised relief and a non-zero borderwidth like:
my $frame = $parent->Frame();
my $info = $frame->Label(-text => "General Info")->pack();

# separator ... sort of
$frame->Frame(-background => "black", -borderwidth => 1, -relief => 'r
+aised', -height => 2)
      ->pack(-fill => 'x', -padx => 5, -pady => 5);

my $comments = $frame->Label(-text => "next widget")->pack();

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which gets me really close, but it seems cumbersome. I assume I can do something similar for verticals with some option changes, but I haven't tried it yet. Is there a better alternative anyone can suggest?

In reply to Looking for a standalone separator for Perl/Tk by kbrannen

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