Java tutorial
import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.event.KeyEvent; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JTabbedPane; import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent; import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener; public class TabSample { static Color colors[] = { Color.RED, Color.ORANGE, Color.YELLOW, Color.GREEN, Color.BLUE, Color.MAGENTA }; static void add(JTabbedPane tabbedPane, String label) { int count = tabbedPane.getTabCount(); JButton button = new JButton(label); button.setBackground(colors[count]); tabbedPane.addTab(label, new ImageIcon("yourFile.gif"), button, label); } public static void main(String args[]) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tabbed Pane Sample"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane(); tabbedPane.setTabLayoutPolicy(JTabbedPane.SCROLL_TAB_LAYOUT); String titles[] = { "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F" }; for (int i = 0, n = titles.length; i < n; i++) { add(tabbedPane, titles[i]); } frame.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER); frame.setSize(400, 150); frame.setVisible(true); } }