JavaFX TabPane create
import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.event.ActionEvent; import javafx.event.EventHandler; import javafx.geometry.Pos; import javafx.geometry.Side; import javafx.scene.Group; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.control.Label; import javafx.scene.control.Menu; import javafx.scene.control.MenuBar; import javafx.scene.control.MenuItem; import javafx.scene.control.Tab; import javafx.scene.control.TabPane; import javafx.scene.layout.BorderPane; import javafx.scene.layout.HBox; import javafx.scene.paint.Color; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class Main extends Application { public static void main(String[] args) { Application.launch(args);//w ww .j av a 2 s. c om } @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) { primaryStage.setTitle("Adding Tabs to a UI"); Group root = new Group(); Scene scene = new Scene(root, 400, 250, Color.WHITE); TabPane tabPane = new TabPane(); MenuBar menuBar = new MenuBar(); EventHandler<ActionEvent> action = changeTabPlacement(tabPane); Menu menu = new Menu("Tab Side"); MenuItem left = new MenuItem("Left"); left.setOnAction(action); menu.getItems().add(left); MenuItem right = new MenuItem("Right"); right.setOnAction(action); menu.getItems().add(right); MenuItem top = new MenuItem("Top"); top.setOnAction(action); menu.getItems().add(top); MenuItem bottom = new MenuItem("Bottom"); bottom.setOnAction(action); menu.getItems().add(bottom); menuBar.getMenus().add(menu); BorderPane borderPane = new BorderPane(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) { Tab tab = new Tab(); tab.setText("Tab" + i); HBox hbox = new HBox(); hbox.getChildren().add(new Label("Tab" + i)); hbox.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER); tab.setContent(hbox); tabPane.getTabs().add(tab); } borderPane.setCenter(tabPane); borderPane.prefHeightProperty().bind(scene.heightProperty()); borderPane.prefWidthProperty().bind(scene.widthProperty()); borderPane.setTop(menuBar); root.getChildren().add(borderPane); primaryStage.setScene(scene); primaryStage.show(); } private EventHandler<ActionEvent> changeTabPlacement(final TabPane tabPane) { return new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() { public void handle(ActionEvent event) { MenuItem mItem = (MenuItem) event.getSource(); String side = mItem.getText(); if ("left".equalsIgnoreCase(side)) { tabPane.setSide(Side.LEFT); } else if ("right".equalsIgnoreCase(side)) { tabPane.setSide(Side.RIGHT); } else if ("top".equalsIgnoreCase(side)) { tabPane.setSide(Side.TOP); } else if ("bottom".equalsIgnoreCase(side)) { tabPane.setSide(Side.BOTTOM); } } }; } }