Set the Tool Tip for a Tab in a JTabbedPane Container in Java
Description
The following code shows how to set the Tool Tip for a Tab in a JTabbedPane Container.
Example
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
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import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Tabbed Pane Sample");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
String label = "Tab Label";
String tooltip = "Tool Tip Text";
tabbedPane.addTab(label, null, new JButton("Button"), tooltip);
int index = tabbedPane.getTabCount() - 1;
tooltip = tabbedPane.getToolTipTextAt(index);
tooltip = "New Tool Tip Text";
tabbedPane.setToolTipTextAt(index, tooltip);
frame.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.setSize(400, 150);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
The code above generates the following result.
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