JTabbedPane problems

Question

hi,
i have a JTabbedPane and i initialize it with 5 tabs as follows
public class Frame1 extends JFrame
static JTabbedPane jtp= new JTabbedPane();
static JList jl;
static JTextArea jta;
jtp.setBounds(new Rectangle(1, 192, 336, 308));
jtp.setBorder(border16);
jtp.addChangeListener(new mychangelistener());
for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++) //initialising the tabbed pane with 5 tabs
JPanel jp= new JPanel();
jl= new JList();
jta= new JTextArea();
JScrollPane jsp1= new JScrollPane();
JScrollPane jsp2= new JScrollPane();
jp.setLayout(null);
jp.add(jsp1, null);
jp.add(jsp2, null);
jsp1.getViewport().add(jl, null);
jsp1.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
jsp1.setBounds(new Rectangle(6, 5, 315, 165));
jsp2.getViewport().add(jta, null);
jsp2.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
jsp2.setBounds(new Rectangle(6, 176, 315, 80));
jtp.addTab(tabnames.getText(), jp);
jtp.setEnabledAt(i, false);
class mychangelistener implements ChangeListener
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e)
int x = Frame1.jtp.getSelectedIndex();
switch(x)
case 0:
Frame1.jta.append("tab1");
break;
case 1:
Frame1.jta.append("tab2");
break;
the problem i am having is that when tab2 is selected nothing prints in the text area of that tab, it works fine for tab1 tho. i dont think iam referencing the right component by just saying jta.append.. can someone please tell me how to go about doing this?
thanks
maulin

Answer 1

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the problem i am having is that when tab2 is selected nothing prints in the text area of that tab, it works fine for tab1 tho.I don't know how it works for tab 1 since the "jta" variable references the last JTextArea created. Why don't you create an array so you can store all five references to the individual text area.