Java Tutorial/SWT/TabFolder

Add an event listener to write the selected tab to stdout

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionAdapter; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabFolder; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabItem; public class TabFolderSelectionEvent {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Display display = new Display();
   final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
   final TabFolder tabFolder = new TabFolder(shell, SWT.BORDER);
   for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
     TabItem item = new TabItem(tabFolder, SWT.NONE);
     item.setText("TabItem " + i);
     Button button = new Button(tabFolder, SWT.PUSH);
     button.setText("Page " + i);
     item.setControl(button);
   }
   // Add an event listener to write the selected tab to stdout
   tabFolder.addSelectionListener(new SelectionAdapter() {
     public void widgetSelected(org.eclipse.swt.events.SelectionEvent event) {
       System.out.println(tabFolder.getSelection()[0].getText() + " selected");
     }
   });
   
   tabFolder.pack();
   shell.pack();
   shell.open();
   while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
     if (!display.readAndDispatch())
       display.sleep();
   }
   display.dispose();
 }

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Create TabFolder and add TabItem

1. SWT divides its tab implementation into two classes: TabFolder and TabItem.
2. TabFolders, which aren"t visible, contain TabItems.
3. To create a tabbed interface, create a TabFolder with a Shell as its parent, and create TabItems as children of the TabFolder.

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabFolder; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabItem; public class TabFolderTabItem {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Display display = new Display();
   final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
   final TabFolder tabFolder = new TabFolder(shell, SWT.BORDER);
   for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
     TabItem item = new TabItem(tabFolder, SWT.NONE);
     item.setText("TabItem " + i);
     Button button = new Button(tabFolder, SWT.PUSH);
     button.setText("Page " + i);
     item.setControl(button);
   }
   tabFolder.pack();
   shell.pack();
   shell.open();
   while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
     if (!display.readAndDispatch())
       display.sleep();
   }
   display.dispose();
 }

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Set selected tab

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import org.eclipse.swt.SWT; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Button; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabFolder; import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TabItem; public class TabItemSelection {

 public static void main(String[] args) {
   Display display = new Display();
   final Shell shell = new Shell(display);
   final TabFolder tabFolder = new TabFolder(shell, SWT.BORDER);
   for (int i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
     TabItem item = new TabItem(tabFolder, SWT.NONE);
     item.setText("TabItem " + i);
     Button button = new Button(tabFolder, SWT.PUSH);
     button.setText("Page " + i);
     item.setControl(button);
   }
   tabFolder.setSelection(2);
   
   tabFolder.pack();
   shell.pack();
   shell.open();
   while (!shell.isDisposed()) {
     if (!display.readAndDispatch())
       display.sleep();
   }
   display.dispose();
 }

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