JTabbedPane, switch of auto resizing of the tab header possible?

Question

Hi,
Is it possible to prevent the tab header from auto resizing?
In this code the tab "Page 1" fills the whole row at start up, but I would like to prevent it from taking more space than needed.
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
class TabbedPaneExample
        extends     JFrame
    private        JTabbedPane tabbedPane;
    private        JPanel        panel1;
    private        JPanel        panel2;
    private        JPanel        panel3;
    public TabbedPaneExample()
        // NOTE: to reduce the amount of code in this example, it uses
        // panels with a NULL layout.  This is NOT suitable for
        // production code since it may not display correctly for
        // a look-and-feel.
        setTitle( "Tabbed Pane Application" );
        setSize( 140, 200 );
        setBackground( Color.gray );
        JPanel topPanel = new JPanel();
        topPanel.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
        getContentPane().add( topPanel );
        // Create the tab pages
        createPage1();
        createPage2();
        createPage3();
        // Create a tabbed pane
        tabbedPane = new JTabbedPane();
        tabbedPane.addTab( "Page 1", panel1 );
        tabbedPane.addTab( "Page 2", panel2 );
        tabbedPane.addTab( "Page 3", panel3 );
        topPanel.add( tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER );
    public void createPage1()
        panel1 = new JPanel();
        panel1.setLayout( null );
    public void createPage2()
        panel2 = new JPanel();
        panel2.setLayout( new BorderLayout() );
    public void createPage3()
        panel3 = new JPanel();
        panel3.setLayout( new GridLayout( 3, 2 ) );
    // Main method to get things started
    public static void main( String[] args )
        // Create an instance of the test application
        TabbedPaneExample mainFrame    = new TabbedPaneExample();
        mainFrame.setVisible( true );
}Edited by: user6102378 on 2010-okt-07 06:51

Answer 1

Unfortunately, the answer seems to be "no" - looks like the exact behaviour is even different across different LAFs. Nothing short of re-writing the layout code in the xxTabbedPaneUI will help.
Just curious: how comes that we have so many tabbedPane related questions recently?
Cheers
Jeanette