How to create vertical tabs in Java?

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bancer picture bancer · Jun 17, 2011 · Viewed 12.5k times · Source

I would like to get the effect like if JTabbedPane would be turned 90 degrees counterclockwise (only tabs but not the content inside tabs). What is the best way to implement that in Java?

Answer

Puce picture Puce · Jun 17, 2011

You can specify the placement in the constructor:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JTabbedPane.html#JTabbedPane%28int%29

or in the setter:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/JTabbedPane.html#setTabPlacement%28int%29

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