How to add tabs to JTabbedPane using WindowBuilder

Question

Ok so I've recently found out about WindowBuilder (Eclipse IDE) that aids in faster creation of Swing applications. I have a added a JTabbedPane using the drag and drop facility. How can I add tabs to it? I have gone through the properties but I couldn't find how to add tabs using WindowBuilder. Although I have manually added tabs but I just want to know what is the other way round.

Answer 1

Just add a JPanel to the JTabbedPane. The tab will appear. To add more tabs just click the next to the tab header, with the JPanel still selected. To switch between tabs just double click the tab header

Answer 2

Simple example of JTabbedPane

import java.awt.*;

import javax.swing.*;


public class JTabbedPaneDemo extends JFrame
{
JTabbedPane t1=new JTabbedPane();
JPanel p1,p2,p3;
Container c,c1;
JLabel l1,l2,l3;
JTextField text1,text2,text3;
JRadioButton r21,r22,r23;
JCheckBox ch1,ch2,ch3;

public JTabbedPaneDemo() {
      setSize(500,300);
      setVisible(true);

    // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    p1=new JPanel();
    p2=new JPanel();
    p3=new JPanel();

    c1=getContentPane();
    p1.setLayout(new GridLayout(3,2));

    l1=new JLabel("Name");
    l2=new JLabel("Date of Birth (dd.mm.yyyy)");
    l3=new JLabel("Identification Number");

    text1=new JTextField(10);
    text2=new JTextField(10);
    text3=new JTextField(10);

    p1.add(l1);
    p1.add(text1);
    p1.add(l2);
    p1.add(text2);
    p1.add(l3);
    p1.add(text3);
    c1.add(p1);

    ch1=new JCheckBox("Computers");
    ch2=new JCheckBox("Electronics");
    ch3=new JCheckBox("Marketing");

    r21=new JRadioButton("Graduate");
    r22=new JRadioButton("Post Graduate");
    r23=new JRadioButton("Ph.D");
    ButtonGroup bg=new ButtonGroup();  
    bg.add(r21);
    bg.add(r22);
    bg.add(r23);

    p2.add(r21);
    p2.add(r22);
    p2.add(r23);

    p3.add(ch1);
    p3.add(ch2);
    p3.add(ch3);

    t1.addTab("Personal Information",p1);
    t1.addTab("Education Qualification", p2);
    t1.addTab("Area of intrest",p3);

    add(t1);



}

public static void main(String[] args) 
{



    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

        @Override
        public void run() {
            // TODO Auto-generated method stub
            new JTabbedPaneDemo();

        }
    });
}

}