Setting divider location on a JSplitPane doesn't work

Question

I'm trying to set the divider location of a JSplitPane but it seems not to work.

Here's an SSCCE:

import java.awt.Color;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSplitPane;


public class JSplitProblem extends JFrame {

    public JSplitProblem(){
        JPanel upperPanel = new JPanel();
        upperPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(upperPanel, BoxLayout.X_AXIS));

        JPanel leftPanel = new JPanel();

        leftPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(leftPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        JPanel red = new JPanel();
        red.setBackground(Color.red);
        leftPanel.add(red);

        JPanel rightPanel = new JPanel();
        rightPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(rightPanel, BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        JPanel blue = new JPanel();
        blue.setBackground(Color.blue);
        rightPanel.add(blue);

        upperPanel.add(leftPanel);
        upperPanel.add(rightPanel);
        JPanel bottomPanel = new JPanel();
        bottomPanel.setBackground(Color.black);

        JSplitPane mainSplittedPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, upperPanel,bottomPanel);
        mainSplittedPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
        mainSplittedPane.setDividerLocation(0.5);

        this.add(mainSplittedPane);
        this.setSize(800,600);
        this.setResizable(true);
        this.setVisible(true);
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new JSplitProblem();
    }

}

I would like the black bottom panel to lay on a 50% of the whole area by default. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

If you want both halves of the split pane to share in the split pane's extra or removed space, set the resize weight to 0.5: (Tutorial)

JSplitPane mainSplittedPane = new JSplitPane(JSplitPane.VERTICAL_SPLIT, upperPanel,bottomPanel);
mainSplittedPane.setOneTouchExpandable(true);
mainSplittedPane.setResizeWeight(0.5);