Java/JDK 6/JTabbedPane

Add Components to JTabbedPane

 
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
public class JDK6TabbedPaneExample {
  private JFrame frame = new JFrame();
  private JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
  private JButton addTabButton = new JButton("Add Tab");
  private ImageIcon closeXIcon = new ImageIcon("C:/CloseX.gif");
  private Dimension closeButtonSize;
  private int tabCounter = 0;
  public JDK6TabbedPaneExample() {
    addTabButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener(){
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e){
        add();
        
      }
      
    });
    closeButtonSize = new Dimension(closeXIcon.getIconWidth() + 2, closeXIcon.getIconHeight() + 2);
    frame.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.add(addTabButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(300, 300));
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
  public void add() {
    final JPanel content = new JPanel();
    JPanel tab = new JPanel();
    tab.setOpaque(false);
    JLabel tabLabel = new JLabel("Tab " + (++tabCounter));
    JButton tabCloseButton = new JButton(closeXIcon);
    tabCloseButton.setPreferredSize(closeButtonSize);
    tabCloseButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        int closeTabNumber = tabbedPane.indexOfComponent(content);
        tabbedPane.removeTabAt(closeTabNumber);
      }
    });
    tab.add(tabLabel, BorderLayout.WEST);
    tab.add(tabCloseButton, BorderLayout.EAST);
    tabbedPane.addTab(null, content);
    tabbedPane.setTabComponentAt(tabbedPane.getTabCount() - 1, tab);
  }
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JDK6TabbedPaneExample main = new JDK6TabbedPaneExample();
  }
}

JTabPane with TextField in the tab

 
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
public class JDK6TabSample {
  static void addIt(JTabbedPane tabbedPane, String text) {
    JLabel label = new JLabel(text);
    JButton button = new JButton(text);
    JPanel panel = new JPanel();
    panel.add(label);
    panel.add(button);
    tabbedPane.addTab(text, panel);
    tabbedPane.setTabComponentAt(tabbedPane.getTabCount() - 1, new JTextField(text));
  }
  public static void main(String args[]) {
    JFrame f = new JFrame("Got JTabbedPane?");
    f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
    addIt(tabbedPane, "Tab One");
    addIt(tabbedPane, "Tab Two");
    addIt(tabbedPane, "Tab Three");
    addIt(tabbedPane, "Tab Four");
    addIt(tabbedPane, "Tab Five");
    f.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    f.setSize(300, 200);
    f.setVisible(true);
  }
}

New Methods in the JTabPane Component (Add component to JTabPane)

 
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
class TabComponent extends JPanel implements ActionListener {
  private JTabbedPane pane;
  public TabComponent(String title, JTabbedPane pane) {
    this.pane = pane;
    setOpaque(false);
    JLabel label = new JLabel(title);
    add(label);
    JButton button = new JButton("Close");
    button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(50,10));
    button.addActionListener(this);
    add(button);
  }
  public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
    int i = pane.indexOfTabComponent(this);
    if (i != -1)
      pane.remove(i);
  }
}
public class JDK6TabComponentDemo {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    JTabbedPane pane = new JTabbedPane();
    String title = "Tab";
    pane.add(title, new JLabel(title));
    pane.setTabComponentAt(0, new TabComponent(title, pane));
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tab Component Demo");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.add(pane);
    frame.setSize(500, 200);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}