Java JTabbedPane set tab layout policy
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.awt.event.ActionListener; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JMenu; import javax.swing.JMenuBar; import javax.swing.JMenuItem; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JTabbedPane; class TabPlacementAction implements ActionListener { private String action; private JTabbedPane tabbedPane; public TabPlacementAction(JTabbedPane tabbedPane, String action) { this.action = action; this.tabbedPane = tabbedPane; }//w w w .j av a 2 s . c o m @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { if ("left".equalsIgnoreCase(action)) { tabbedPane.setTabPlacement(JTabbedPane.LEFT); } else if ("right".equalsIgnoreCase(action)) { tabbedPane.setTabPlacement(JTabbedPane.RIGHT); } else if ("top".equalsIgnoreCase(action)) { tabbedPane.setTabPlacement(JTabbedPane.TOP); } else if ("bottom".equalsIgnoreCase(action)) { tabbedPane.setTabPlacement(JTabbedPane.BOTTOM); } } } public class Main extends JTabbedPane { public Main() { for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { JPanel tabPane = new JPanel(); tabPane.add(new JLabel("Tab" + i)); addTab("Tab " + i, null, tabPane, "Tab" + i); } setTabLayoutPolicy(JTabbedPane.SCROLL_TAB_LAYOUT); } public static void main(String[] args) { Main m = new Main(); // create frame for Main JFrame frame = new JFrame("java2s.com"); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar(); JMenu menu = new JMenu("Tabbed Panels"); JMenuItem left = new JMenuItem("Left", null); left.addActionListener(new TabPlacementAction(m, "left")); menu.add(left); JMenuItem right = new JMenuItem("Right", null); right.addActionListener(new TabPlacementAction(m, "right")); menu.add(right); JMenuItem top = new JMenuItem("Top", null); top.addActionListener(new TabPlacementAction(m, "top")); menu.add(top); JMenuItem bottom = new JMenuItem("Bottom", null); bottom.addActionListener(new TabPlacementAction(m, "bottom")); menu.add(bottom); menuBar.add(menu); frame.setJMenuBar(menuBar); frame.add(m); frame.setSize(300, 210); frame.setVisible(true); } }