# Tool Separator

## Content



The separator item is a horizontal or vertical bar used to provide visual separation between commands in a group, toolbar, toolstrip etc. It is represented by [C1ToolSeparator](/componentone/api/wpf/online-ribbon5/dotnet-api/C1.WPF.Ribbon/C1.WPF.Ribbon.C1ToolSeparator.html) class.

![](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/ff434f23-5223-494e-9580-3dd8a227b884/images/separatortool.png)

By default, the tool separator has a vertical orientation. By using the Orientation property, we can change the orientation to vertical.

```xml
<c1:C1ToolSeparator Orientation="Horizontal" OverridesDefaultStyle="True"   />
```