With this example we shall see how to set the tool tip for a tab in JTabbedPane.
In order to do that, one should follow 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.addTabto add a tool tip.
Let’s see the code:
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop;
import java.awt.GridLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
public class SetToolTipForTabInJTabbedPane {
private static void createAndShowGUI() {
// Create and set up the window.
final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tabbed Pane Example");
// Display the window.
frame.setSize(400, 400);
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);
String tooltip1 = "Tool Tip Text 1";
String tooltip2 = "Tool Tip Text 2";
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab1", null, new JLabel("This is tab 1"), tooltip1);
tabbedPane.addTab("Tab2", null, new JLabel("This is tab 2"), tooltip2);
frame.getContentPane().add(tabbedPane);
// get the number of tabs in this tabbed pane
int count = tabbedPane.getTabCount();
for (int i=0; i<count; i++) {
System.out.println("Tootip: " + tabbedPane.getToolTipTextAt(i));
}
}
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();
}
});
}
}Output:
Tootip: Tool Tip Text 1
Tootip: Tool Tip Text 2This was an example on how to set tool tip for tab in JTabbedPane.
