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JAVA JTabbedPane

This example shows how to add mnemonic to JTabbedPane header. This example has 2 java files: MnemonicTabbedPaneExample.java and MnemonicTabbedPane.java

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class MnemonicTabbedPaneExample extends JPanel {

public MnemonicTabbedPaneExample() {
setLayout (new BorderLayout());

MnemonicTabbedPane tabbedPane = new MnemonicTabbedPane();
String[] tabs = {"Zero","One", "Two", "Three", "Four"};
char[] ms = {'Z','O', 'T','h','F'};
int[] keys = {KeyEvent.VK_0,
KeyEvent.VK_1,
KeyEvent.VK_2,
KeyEvent.VK_3,
KeyEvent.VK_4,
};

for (int i=0;i<tabs.length;i++) {
tabbedPane.addTab(tabs[i], createPane (tabs[i]));
tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(i, ms[i]);
//tabbedPane.setMnemonicAt(i, keys[i]);
}
tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0);
add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
add(new JButton("button"), BorderLayout.SOUTH);
}

JPanel createPane(final String s) {
JButton abcButton = new JButton("Abc");
abcButton.setMnemonic('A');
JButton xyzButton = new JButton("Xyz");
xyzButton.setMnemonic('X');

JPanel p = new JPanel();
p.add(new JLabel(s));
p.add(abcButton);
p.add(xyzButton);
return p;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("TabbedPane Test");
frame.addWindowListener( new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing( WindowEvent e ) {
System.exit(0);
}
});
frame.getContentPane().add(new MnemonicTabbedPaneExample());
frame.setSize( 250, 130 );
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}