labeled tabs across the top of a window

[Matthew Helling]

I can't seem to find any documentation on how to do this. Can anyone point me in the right direction? As my program gets enhancements, I'd like to have multiple tabs for different sections of the program.
thanks in advance for any tips
Matt

[Eddie Vanda]

Check out JTabbedPane
[ March 24, 2004: Message edited by: Eddie Vanda ]

[Purvi Pandya]

Hi
Below code of JTabbedPane. It might be helpful to u.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import javax.swing.plaf.metal.*;
public class ColorTabbedPaneExample extends JFrame {
String[] titles = {"blue","cyan","green","yellow",
"orange","pink","red"};
Color[] colors = {Color.blue, Color.cyan, Color.green, Color.yellow,
Color.orange,Color.pink, Color.red };
JTabbedPane tabbedPane;
public ColorTabbedPaneExample() {
super("ColorTabbedPaneExample (Metal)");
UIManager.put("TabbedPane.selected", colors[0]);
tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane() {
public void updateUI(){
setUI(new ColoredTabbedPaneUI());
}
};
for (int i=0;i<titles.length;i++) {
tabbedPane.addTab(titles[i], createPane (titles[i], colors[i]));
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(i, colors[i].darker());
}
tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
tabbedPane.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
int i = tabbedPane.getSelectedIndex();
((ColoredTabbedPaneUI)tabbedPane.getUI()).setSelectedTabBackground(colors[i]);
tabbedPane.revalidate();
tabbedPane.repaint();
}
});
getContentPane().add(tabbedPane);
}
JPanel createPane(String title, Color color) {
JPanel panel = new JPanel();
panel.setBackground(color);
JLabel label = new JLabel(title);
label.setOpaque(true);
label.setBackground(Color.white);
panel.add(label);
return panel;
}
class ColoredTabbedPaneUI extends MetalTabbedPaneUI {
public void setSelectedTabBackground(Color color) {
selectColor = color;
}
protected void paintFocusIndicator(Graphics g, int tabPlacement,
Rectangle[] rects, int tabIndex,
Rectangle iconRect, Rectangle textRect,
boolean isSelected) {
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new ColorTabbedPaneExample();
frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
frame.setSize( 360, 100 );
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
bye,
Purvi Pandya