Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTabbedPane; import javax.swing.JTextField; public class Main extends JFrame implements ActionListener { JTabbedPane tabbedPane; JButton focusButton; JPanel contentPane, tab1 = new JPanel(), tab2 = new JPanel(); JTextField textField1 = new JTextField(10), textField2 = new JTextField(10), textField3 = new JTextField(10); public Main() { setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); textField1.requestFocusInWindow(); tab1.add(textField1); tab2.add(textField2); tab2.add(textField3); contentPane = new JPanel(); contentPane.setLayout(new BorderLayout()); tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP, JTabbedPane.WRAP_TAB_LAYOUT); tabbedPane.addTab("TAB 1", null, tab1, "I am TAB 1"); tabbedPane.addTab("TAB 2", null, tab2, "I am TAB 2"); focusButton = new JButton("CHANGE FOCUS"); getRootPane().setDefaultButton(focusButton); focusButton.addActionListener(this); contentPane.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); contentPane.add(focusButton, BorderLayout.PAGE_END); setContentPane(contentPane); pack(); setVisible(true); } public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae) { if (tabbedPane.getSelectedIndex() == 0) { tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(1); textField3.requestFocusInWindow(); } else if (tabbedPane.getSelectedIndex() == 1) { tabbedPane.setSelectedIndex(0); textField1.requestFocusInWindow(); } } public static void main(String... args) { new Main(); } }