JTabbedPane

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How do I attach a close button to my tabbed pane so that I can close whenever I choose to.

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[Phaelax]

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tabbed panes with close icon

[xtsunami]

Try extending class JTabbedPane with say, MyTabbedPane. Then, add a MouseListener to watch for right-clicks on the tab. On right-click, show popup menu that allows user to close the tab. Code below does something like this.

public class MyTabbedPane
  extends JTabbedPane
{
    public MyTabbedPane()
    {
        super(JTabbedPane.TOP);

        addMouseListener(new java.awt.event.MouseAdapter() {
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
                tabClicked(e);
            }
        });
    }

    private void tabClicked(MouseEvent e)
    {
      if (e.getButton() != MouseEvent.BUTTON1 && e.getClickCount() == 1) {   // if is right-click
      
        // create popup with Close menuitem
        JPopupMenu popupMenu = new JPopupMenu();
        JMenuItem closeBtn = new JMenuItem("Close");
        closeBtn.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
          public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
              public void run() {
                  closeSelectedTab();
              }
            });
          }
        });
        popupMenu.add(closeBtn);
        
        // display popup near location of mouse click
        popupMenu.show(e.getComponent(), e.getX(), e.getY() - 10);
      }
    }
    
    private void closeSelectedTab()
    {
       // do cleanup
       remove( getSelectedIndex() );  // remove selected tab
    }
}