How to change the tab pane style

Question

I use the default JavaFX tab pane layout

I want to display new tabs below the old ones. I don't want to display the default context menu to select which tab to display. Are there any options to change this?

Answer 1

try this....change it according your need.this is default css for tab pane and their layout... i used it and work sucessfully

.tab-pane 
{
-fx-skin: "com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.TabPaneSkin";
/* -fx-tab-min-width: 4.583em;  55 */
/* -fx-tab-max-width: 4.583em; 55 */
-fx-tab-min-height: 2em; /* 24 */
-fx-tab-max-height: 2em; /* 24 */
}
.tab .tab-label 
{
-fx-skin: "com.sun.javafx.scene.control.skin.LabelSkin";
-fx-background-color: transparent;    
-fx-alignment: CENTER;
-fx-text-fill: -fx-text-base-color;
}
/*
.tab *.tab-label Text {
-fx-effect: dropshadow(two-pass-box , rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), 1, 0.0 , 0, 1);
}*/
.tab-content-area 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-control-inner-background;
-fx-padding: 0.0em; /* 0 */
/* -fx-opacity: -fx-disabled-opacity;*/
}
.tab 
{
/* This is how it is done in Button, but the -1 inset caused a white line  */
/* to appear beneath the tab, which looks bad, so it's taken out below.    */
/*    -fx-background-color: -fx-shadow-highlight-color, -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0, 3 3 0 0;
-fx-background-insets: 0 0 -1 0, 0, 1, 2;*/
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1, 2;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0, 3 3 0 0;
-fx-padding: 0.083333em 0.5em 0.083333em 0.5em; /* 1 6 1 6 */
/*    -fx-text-fill: -fx-text-base-color;*/
}
.tab:top 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
}
.tab:right 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border-bottomup, -fx-body-color-bottomup;
}
.tab:bottom 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border-bottomup, -fx-body-color-bottomup;
}
.tab:left 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
}
.tab:hover 
{
-fx-color: -fx-hover-base;
}
.tab:selected 
{
/*    -fx-background-color: white;*/
/*    -fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0, 3 3 0 0;
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1 1 0 1, 2 2 0 2;*/
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-control-inner-background;
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1 1 0 1;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0;
}
.tab:disabled 
{
-fx-opacity: -fx-disabled-opacity;
}
.tab:disabled:hover 
{
-fx-color: -fx-base;
-fx-opacity: -fx-disabled-opacity;
}
.tab-pane *.tab-header-background 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-outer-border, -fx-inner-border, derive(-fx-color, -20%);
-fx-effect: innershadow(two-pass-box , rgba(0,0,0,0.6) , 4, 0.0 , 0 , 0);
}
/*.tab-pane *.tab-header-area {*/
/* I would like to use -fx-tab-border-color here, but for some reason it */
/* just isn't the correct color, even though it works in :top above */
/*    -fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, lightgray;*/
/*}*/
.tab-pane:top *.tab-header-area 
{
-fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 1 0;
-fx-padding: 0.416667em 0.166667em 0.0em 0.833em; /* 5 2 0 10 */
}
.tab-pane:bottom *.tab-header-area 
{
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1 0 0 0;
-fx-padding: 0 0.166667em 0.416667em 0.833em; /* 0 2 5 0 */
}
.tab-pane:left *.tab-header-area 
{
-fx-background-insets: 0, 0 1 0 0;
-fx-padding: 0.833em 0.0em 0.166667em 0.416667em; /* 10 0 2 5 */
}
.tab-pane:right *.tab-header-area 
{
-fx-background-insets: 0, 0 0 0 1;
-fx-padding: 0.833em 0.416667em 0.166667em 0.0em; /* 10 5 2 0 */
}
.tab-pane .headers-region 
{
-fx-effect: dropshadow(two-pass-box , rgba(0,0,0,0.6) , 4, 0.0 , 0, 0);
}
/* TODO: scaling the shape seems to make it way too large */
.tab-close-button 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-mark-color;
-fx-shape: "M 0,0 H1 L 4,3 7,0 H8 V1 L 5,4 8,7 V8 H7 L 4,5 1,8 H0 V7 L 3,4 0,1 Z";
-fx-scale-shape: false;
-fx-effect: dropshadow(two-pass-box , rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.4), 1, 0.0 , 0, 1);
}
.tab-close-button:hover 
{
-fx-background-color: derive(-fx-mark-color, -30%);
}
/* CONTROL BUTTONS */
.control-buttons-tab 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1, 2;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0, 3 3 0 0;
-fx-padding: 0.083333em 0.25em 0.083333em 0.25em; /* 1 3 1 3 */
}
.tab-down-button 
{
-fx-background-color: transparent;
-fx-padding: 0.0em 0.416667em 0.0em 0.416667em; /* 0 5 0 5 */
}
.tab-down-button:hover 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-body-color;
-fx-color: -fx-hover-base;
}
.tab-down-button .arrow 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-mark-highlight-color, -fx-mark-color;
-fx-background-insets: 1 0 -1 0, 0;
-fx-padding: 0.238083em 0.416667em 0.238083em 0.416667em; /* 2.857 5 2.857 5 */
-fx-shape: "M 0 0 H 7 L 3.5 4 z";
}
/* FLOATING TABS CUSTOMISATION */
.tab-pane.floating *.tab-header-background {
-fx-background-color: null;
}
.tab-pane.floating *.tab-header-area 
{
-fx-background-color: null;
}
.tab-pane.floating *.tab-content-area 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-control-inner-background;
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1;
-fx-background-radius: 5, 4;
}
.tab-pane.floating *.tab 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1, 2;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0, 3 3 0 0;
}
.tab-pane.floating *.tab:selected 
{
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-control-inner-background;
-fx-background-insets: 0 0 -1 0, 1 1 -1 1;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0;
}
/*.tab-pane:floating *.control-buttons-tab 
{
-fx-padding: 0.083333em 0.25em 0.083333em 0.25em;
-fx-background-color: -fx-tab-border-color, -fx-inner-border, -fx-body-color;
-fx-background-radius: 5 5 0 0, 4 4 0 0, 3 3 0 0;
-fx-background-insets: 0, 1 1 0 1, 2 2 0 2;
}*/