How can I put text in Tab into vertical alignment??

Question

Dear friends, I have following code,
package com.swing.test;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
public class NewTabbedPane {
     private JFrame frame;
      * Launch the application
      * @param args
     public static void main(String args[]) {
          try {
               NewTabbedPane window = new NewTabbedPane();
               window.frame.setVisible(true);
          } catch (Exception e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
      * Create the application
     public NewTabbedPane() {
          initialize();
      * Initialize the contents of the frame
     private void initialize() {
          frame = new JFrame();
          frame.setBounds(100, 100, 500, 375);
          frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          final JPanel panel = new JPanel();
          panel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
          frame.getContentPane().add(panel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          final JTabbedPane tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
          tabbedPane.setTabPlacement(SwingConstants.LEFT);
          panel.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
          final JTabbedPane tabbedPane_1 = new JTabbedPane();
          tabbedPane.addTab("AAAAA", null, tabbedPane_1, null);
          final JTabbedPane tabbedPane_2 = new JTabbedPane();
          tabbedPane.addTab("BBBBB", null, tabbedPane_2, null);
          final JTabbedPane tabbedPane_3 = new JTabbedPane();
          tabbedPane.addTab("CCCCC", null, tabbedPane_3, null);
}but here all tabs' title AAAAA, BBBBB, CCCC are aligned horizontally, I need them to align vertically, Any guru can help??
Thanks
sunny

Answer 1

there's an example here (works OK on winxp)
http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2002/03/22/vertical_text.html
Test() class needs a small change, for the direction you want
//panel.add(makeTabpane(null, sEnglish, VTextIcon.ROTATE_DEFAULT));
panel.add(makeTabpane(null, sEnglish, VTextIcon.ROTATE_LEFT));