Java: "Add Tab Button" for a JTabbedPane

Question

Is it possible to add a button to a tabbed pane like in firefox.

The plus-button is what I want.

Thanks

Answer 1

I think you should be able to manage it by building your own JTabbedPaneUI and setting it on the JTabbedPane using setUI.

Your ComponentUI has methods to get a hold of the accessible children. If you specify a JButton and a JLabel then you may be in business.

I haven't attempted this myself though. This is "at your own risk" :)

Answer 2

You can try this:

public static void main (String[] args) {
    JFrame parent = new JFrame ();

    final JTabbedPane pane = new JTabbedPane ();
    pane.addTab ("test", null);
    FlowLayout f = new FlowLayout (FlowLayout.CENTER, 5, 0);

    // Make a small JPanel with the layout and make it non-opaque
    JPanel pnlTab = new JPanel (f);
    pnlTab.setOpaque (false);
    // Create a JButton for adding the tabs
    JButton addTab = new JButton ("+");
    addTab.setOpaque (false); //
    addTab.setBorder (null);
    addTab.setContentAreaFilled (false);
    addTab.setFocusPainted (false);

    addTab.setFocusable (false);

    pnlTab.add (addTab);

    pane.setTabComponentAt (pane.getTabCount () - 1, pnlTab);

    ActionListener listener = new ActionListener () {
        @Override
        public void actionPerformed (ActionEvent e) {
            String title = "Tab " + String.valueOf (pane.getTabCount () - 1);
            pane.addTab (title, new JLabel (title));
        }
    };
    addTab.setFocusable (false);
    addTab.addActionListener (listener);
    pane.setVisible (true);

    parent.add (pane);
    parent.setSize (new Dimension (400, 200));
    parent.setVisible (true);
}