create JTabbedPane like component using CardLayout and JRadioButton(or JTableHeader)

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Code

class CardLayoutTabbedPane extends JPanel {
  protected final CardLayout cardLayout = new CardLayout();
  protected final JPanel tabPanel = new JPanel(new GridLayout(1, 0, 0, 0));
  protected final JPanel wrapPanel = new JPanel(new BorderLayout(0, 0));
  protected final JPanel contentsPanel = new JPanel(cardLayout);
  protected final ButtonGroup bg = new ButtonGroup();
  public CardLayoutTabbedPane() {
    super(new BorderLayout());
    int left  = 1;
    int right = 3;
    tabPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(1,left,0,right));
    contentsPanel.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(4,left,2,right));
    wrapPanel.add(tabPanel);
    wrapPanel.add(new JLabel("test:"), BorderLayout.WEST);
    add(wrapPanel, BorderLayout.NORTH);
    add(contentsPanel);
  }
  public void addTab(final String title, final Component comp) {
    JRadioButton b = new TabButton(new AbstractAction(title) {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
        cardLayout.show(contentsPanel, title);
      }
    });
    tabPanel.add(b);
    bg.add(b);
    b.setSelected(true);
    contentsPanel.add(comp, title);
    cardLayout.show(contentsPanel, title);
  }
}

References

• create JTabbedPane like component using CardLayout and JRadioButton(or JTableHeader)(Japanese)