Java JTabbedPane align Title text to center
java, jtabbedpane, swing, text
Solution
For a custom tabbedPane you should be able to create Labels with a set alignment, then add them to the jTabbedPane, something like this:
//Create new label to be used as a tab name
JLabel tabLabel = new JLabel("Tab", JLabel.CENTER);
//add new label at set location
jTabbedPane.setTabComponentAt(0, tabLabel);
For more help please show us how you are creating the tabs.
Edit: This may be relevant: Aligning icon to the left in JTabbedPane in Nimbus Look and Feel
Problem
I am creating my own custom `JTabbedPane` object, with a simple little class that extends `JTabbedPane`. I have gotten a fair amount of this done, but recently found a problem, that being that the Title text for a tab does not auto align to the center of the Tab. And I want it to. Here is what it looks like: As I said, it's just an extension of `JTabbedArea`, like so: ``` private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; private String name; private final int width = 150, height = 50; public ColoredTabs(String paneName, int tabPlacement, String[] names, Color[] colors, JComponent[] components){ super(tabPlacement); this.name = paneName; if(names.length != components.length || names.length != colors.length || components.length != colors.length){ throw new IllegalArgumentException("The arguments for COMPONENTS, COLORS, and NAMES do not match up for '"+this.name+"'..."); } setFont(Resources.getFont()); setBackground(Color.YELLOW); for(int i = 0; i < names.length; i++){ addTab(names[i], components[i]); setBackgroundAt(i, colors[i]); setIconAt(i, new ImageIcon(new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB))); } } ``` The reason I go through the trouble of making the BufferedImage is to stretch the area of the Tab, for the ICON, maybe there is a way to center the text on the BufferedImage, any ideas?