JTabbed pane row shifting

Hi,
I would like to ask one question - In a JTabbed pane which has WRAP_TAB_LAYOUT , the tabs will be shown in more than one rows when number of tabs is more -When I click a tab in upper row, that row will come down - Is there any way to override this default behaviorur - that is the tabs should reamai in same position when I click
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anikuts

If you force a particular L&F you can do this. For example, if you force the basic L&F you can create a subclass of BasicTabbedPaneUI which uses a subclass of BasicTabbedPaneUI.TabbedPaneLayout which overrides calculateTabRects.

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