Java Utililty Methods JTabbedPane

List of utility methods to do JTabbedPane

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Method

voidbackwardTab(final Component... component)
The focus goes back to the last component with CTRL + TAB. 
for (Component component1 : component) {
    component1.setFocusTraversalKeys(KeyboardFocusManager.BACKWARD_TRAVERSAL_KEYS, new HashSet<KeyStroke>(
            Arrays.asList(KeyStroke.getKeyStroke(KeyEvent.VK_TAB, KeyEvent.CTRL_DOWN_MASK))));
voidcheckHeavyWeightComponents(JTabbedPane tab)
Walk the components of the tab and toggle the heavyweight components visiblity 
Component[] comps = tab.getComponents();
int selectedIdx = tab.getSelectedIndex();
for (int i = 0; i < comps.length; i++) {
    toggleHeavyWeightComponents(comps[i], i == selectedIdx);
booleancontainsTab(JTabbedPane tabs, String name)
contains Tab 
for (int i = 0; i < tabs.getTabCount(); i++) {
    if (tabs.getTitleAt(i).equals(name)) {
        return true;
return false;
JTabbedPanecreateTabbedPane()
create Tabbed Pane 
JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
return tabbedPane;
JTabbedPanefindParentJTabbedPane(JComponent c)
find Parent J Tabbed Pane 
if (c == null)
    return null;
Component parent = c.getParent();
while (!(parent instanceof JTabbedPane) && (parent != null)) {
    parent = parent.getParent();
return (JTabbedPane) parent;
JPanelgetConfigPanelFromTabbedPane(JTabbedPane mainTabbedPane)
get Config Panel From Tabbed Pane 
JPanel configPanel = null;
Component[] mainComponents = mainTabbedPane.getComponents();
for (Component component : mainComponents) {
    if (component instanceof JScrollPane) {
        if ((component.getName() != null) && (component.getName().equals("mySettopsPane"))) {
            JScrollPane mySettopsPane = (JScrollPane) component;
            Component viewPortComponent = mySettopsPane.getComponent(0);
            JViewport viewPort = (JViewport) viewPortComponent;
...
intgetIndexOf(JTabbedPane tabbedPane, Component component)
get Index Of 
int result = -1;
for (int i = 0; i < tabbedPane.getComponentCount(); i++) {
    Component comp = tabbedPane.getComponentAt(i);
    if (comp == component) {
        result = i;
        break;
return result;
JTabbedPanegetJTabbedPaneAncestor(Component c)
get J Tabbed Pane Ancestor 
while (c != null) {
    if (c instanceof JTabbedPane) {
        return (JTabbedPane) c;
    c = c.getParent();
return null;
StringgetLineTabs(StyledDocument doc, int startOffset)
get Line Tabs 
int i = startOffset;
String s;
try {
    do {
        s = doc.getText(i, 1);
        if ((i > 0 && !"\n".equals(s))) {
            i--;
        } else {
...
intgetNextSubTabIndex(JTabbedPane tabs, int tabIndex)
get Next Sub Tab Index 
int nextTabIndex = tabIndex;
for (int i = 0; i < tabs.getComponentCount(); i++) {
    nextTabIndex++;
    if (nextTabIndex == tabs.getComponentCount()) {
        nextTabIndex = 0;
    if (tabs.isEnabledAt(nextTabIndex)) {
        break;
...