Add button to JTabbedPane to add new tab

Question

Does anyone know how to add a JButton to a JTabbed pane (in the tab bar) so that it is always at the end of all the tabs and when it is clicked it will add a new tab into the tabbed pane.
The functionallity I am looking for is the same as that provided by the button in the tab bar for Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Answer 1

Along the line of what TBM was saying:
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
class NewTabDemo implements Runnable
  JTabbedPane tabs;
  ChangeListener listener;
  int numTabs;
  public static void main(String[] args)
    SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new NewTabDemo());
  public void run()
    listener = new ChangeListener()
      public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e)
        addNewTab();
    tabs = new JTabbedPane();
    tabs.add(new JPanel(), "Tab " + String.valueOf(numTabs), numTabs++);
    tabs.add(new JPanel(), "+", numTabs++);
    tabs.addChangeListener(listener);
    JFrame frame = new JFrame(this.getClass().getName());
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.getContentPane().add(tabs, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setSize(new Dimension(400,200));
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  private void addNewTab()
    int index = numTabs-1;
    if (tabs.getSelectedIndex() == index)
      tabs.add(new JPanel(), "Tab " + String.valueOf(index), index);
      tabs.removeChangeListener(listener);
      tabs.setSelectedIndex(index);
      tabs.addChangeListener(listener);
      numTabs++;
}