Java JTabbedPane

The JTabbedPane class is used to switch between a group of components by clicking on a tab with a given title or icon. It inherits JComponent class.

JTabbedPane class declaration

Let's see the declaration for javax.swing.JTabbedPane class.

public class JTabbedPane extends JComponent implements Serializable, Accessible, SwingConstants

Commonly used Constructors:

Constructor	Description
JTabbedPane()	Creates an empty TabbedPane with a default tab placement of JTabbedPane.Top.
JTabbedPane(int tabPlacement)	Creates an empty TabbedPane with a specified tab placement.
JTabbedPane(int tabPlacement, int tabLayoutPolicy)	Creates an empty TabbedPane with a specified tab placement and tab layout policy.

Java JTabbedPane Example

import javax.swing.*;
public class TabbedPaneExample {
JFrame f;
TabbedPaneExample(){
	f=new JFrame();
	JTextArea ta=new JTextArea(200,200);
	JPanel p1=new JPanel();
	p1.add(ta);
	JPanel p2=new JPanel();
	JPanel p3=new JPanel();
	JTabbedPane tp=new JTabbedPane();
	tp.setBounds(50,50,200,200);
	tp.add("main",p1);
	tp.add("visit",p2);
	tp.add("help",p3);	
	f.add(tp);
	f.setSize(400,400);
	f.setLayout(null);
	f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
	new TabbedPaneExample();
}}

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