With this example we shall see how to set tab color in JTabbedPane.
In order to do that, one should follows these steps:
- Create a new
JFrame. - Call
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1)to set up grid layout for the frame. - Use
JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP)to get aJTabbedPane. - Use
tabbedPane.setForeground(Color.green)to set foreground color. - Use
tabbedPane.setBackground(Color.red)to set the background color. - Use
tabbedPane.addTabto add a tool tip.
Let’s see the code:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import java.awt.Label;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
public class RemoveTabInJTabbedPane {
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
// Create and set up the window.
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tabbed Pane Example");
// Display the window.
frame.setSize(400, 300);
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
// set grid layout for the frame
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
// set the foreground color of this component (all tabs)
tabbedPane.setForeground(Color.green);
// set the background color of this component (all tabs)
tabbedPane.setBackground(Color.red);
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab1", makePanel("This is tab 1"));
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab2", makePanel("This is tab 2"));
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab3", makePanel("This is tab 3"));
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab4", makePanel("This is tab 4"));
frame.getContentPane().add(tabbedPane);
int index = 2; // third tab
// set foreground color for the specified tab
tabbedPane.setForegroundAt(index, Color.yellow);
// set background color for the specified tab
tabbedPane.setBackgroundAt(index, Color.black);
}
private static JPanel makePanel(String text) {
JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(new Label(text));
p.setLayout(new GridLayout(1, 1));
return p;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
//Schedule a job for the event-dispatching thread:
//creating and showing this application's GUI.
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}
This was an example on how to set tab color in JTabbedPane.
