Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Dimension; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTabbedPane; public class JDK6TabbedPaneExample { private JFrame frame = new JFrame(); private JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(); private JButton addTabButton = new JButton("Add Tab"); private ImageIcon closeXIcon = new ImageIcon("C:/CloseX.gif"); private Dimension closeButtonSize; private int tabCounter = 0; public JDK6TabbedPaneExample() { addTabButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { add(); } }); closeButtonSize = new Dimension(closeXIcon.getIconWidth() + 2, closeXIcon.getIconHeight() + 2); frame.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.add(addTabButton, BorderLayout.SOUTH); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.pack(); frame.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(300, 300)); frame.setVisible(true); } public void add() { final JPanel content = new JPanel(); JPanel tab = new JPanel(); tab.setOpaque(false); JLabel tabLabel = new JLabel("Tab " + (++tabCounter)); JButton tabCloseButton = new JButton(closeXIcon); tabCloseButton.setPreferredSize(closeButtonSize); tabCloseButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() { public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { int closeTabNumber = tabbedPane.indexOfComponent(content); tabbedPane.removeTabAt(closeTabNumber); } }); tab.add(tabLabel, BorderLayout.WEST); tab.add(tabCloseButton, BorderLayout.EAST); tabbedPane.addTab(null, content); tabbedPane.setTabComponentAt(tabbedPane.getTabCount() - 1, tab); } public static void main(String[] args) { JDK6TabbedPaneExample main = new JDK6TabbedPaneExample(); } }