TabbedPaneDemo.java

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Use ALT-1 through ALT-4 to select tabs. Hover mouse over tab to display hints. Reduce frame size to see scroll bar on tab list.


TabbedPaneDemo.java


/*
 * TabbedPaneDemo.java requires one additional file:
 *   images/middle.gif.
 */

import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;

public class TabbedPaneDemo extends JPanel {
    public TabbedPaneDemo() {
        super(new GridLayout(1, 1));
        
        JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
        ImageIcon icon = createImageIcon("images/middle.gif");

        // VK_1: Alt-1 Alt-2
        
        JComponent panel1 = makeTextPanel("Panel #1");
        tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 1", icon, panel1,
                "Does nothing");
        tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(0, KeyEvent.VK_1); // Alt-1
        
        JComponent panel2 = makeTextPanel("Panel #2");
        tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 2", icon, panel2,
                "Does twice as much nothing");
        tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(1, KeyEvent.VK_2); // Alt-2
        
        JComponent panel3 = makeTextPanel("Panel #3");
        tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 3", icon, panel3,
                "Still does nothing");
        tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(2, KeyEvent.VK_3); // Alt-3
        
        JComponent panel4 = makeTextPanel(
                "Panel #4 (has a preferred size of 410 x 50).");
        panel4.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(410, 50));
        tabbedPane.addTab("Tab 4", icon, panel4,
                "Does nothing at all");
        tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(3, KeyEvent.VK_4); // Alt-4
        
        //Add the tabbed pane to this panel.
        add(tabbedPane);
        
        //The following line enables to use scrolling tabs.
        tabbedPane.setTabLayoutPolicy(JTabbedPane.SCROLL_TAB_LAYOUT);
    }
    
    protected JComponent makeTextPanel(String text) {
        JPanel panel = new JPanel(false);
        JLabel filler = new JLabel(text);
        filler.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
        panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
        panel.add(filler);
        return panel;
    }
    
    /** Returns an ImageIcon, or null if the path was invalid. */
    protected static ImageIcon createImageIcon(String path) {
        java.net.URL imgURL = TabbedPaneDemo.class.getResource(path);
        if (imgURL != null) {
            return new ImageIcon(imgURL);
        } else {
            System.err.println("Couldn't find file: " + path);
            return null;
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Create the GUI and show it.  For thread safety,
     * this method should be invoked from
     * the event dispatch thread.
     */
    private static void createAndShowGUI() {
        //Create and set up the window.
        JFrame frame = new JFrame("TabbedPaneDemo");
        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        
        //Add content to the window.
        frame.add(new TabbedPaneDemo(), BorderLayout.CENTER);
        
        //Display the window.
        frame.pack();
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Schedule a job for the event dispatch thread:
        //creating and showing this application's GUI.
        SwingUtilities.invokeLater(()->  {
                 //Turn off metal's use of bold fonts
		UIManager.put("swing.boldMetal", Boolean.FALSE);
		createAndShowGUI();
            });
    }
}


Maintained by John Loomis, updated Sun Feb 23 11:32:02 2020