Hello,

I want to use Tabbed Panes in Java, in every TabbedPane (in this case 3 TabbedPanes) I wand to add a different Panel, each Panel will be represented by a different class. For example:
- TopChoicePanel.java
- MiddlePanel.java
- BottomPanel.java

Is it possible to add a different Panel to each TabbedPane. For example; when I click on TabbedPane1 it shows TopChoicePanel, when I click on TabbedPane2 it shows MiddlePanel etc.

What is the best way to do this? ItemListener perhaps? Any suggestions would be appreciated, thanks in advace.

Hi -

I don't understand the question. What exactly are you trying to do?

Suggestion:
Forget about implementation details like "Tabbed Panes" and "Panels" for a moment. Pretend you don't know anything about Java or Swing.

Tell us in high-level terms what you'd like this user interface to look like, and what it needs to do.

I'm guessing that the solution might actually be quite easy!

I want to create a screen on which I have 4 buttons or 4 tabs on the top, from which I can switch to 4 other screens. Every other screen will be represented by a different class.

I can either make 4 buttons or a Choice list on the top to switch between these 4 screens(panels), but I thought I would give tabs a try.

So what I mean, if I use tabs, is it possible to connect an ItemListener or anything of that kind to the tabs. For example, when I use a Choice, I can use an ItemListener to the Choice so that I may switch between the choiceitems. How does this work with Tabbed Panes?

I hope this is clear.

Suggestion - try a set of four simple panels, organized with a CardLayout (which stacks stuff on top of each other). That might be the easiest approach.

Here's an example:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutor...yout/card.html

Just a thought .. PSM

It can be done. each pane can have a panel as each tab that has been added works as a container. Hope this helps.