How to hide tabs in a TabbedPan layout?

[Phrank]

Hello,

I've got a TabbedPane gui with two tabs. Is it possible to hide
the second tab until/unless a certain radio button is clicked on the
first tab? I'm building a small program that allows users to order
books, and they have a choice as to whether or not they want to have
it shipped to them or not. If they want to have it shipped, then they
have to enter their address, and I have my second tab set up with
Address/City/State/Zip Code text boxes laid out. But I don't want
this tab even seen unless the buyer selects the YES radio button for
shipping. I've searched high and low for any documentation or
examples on how to do this, but I can't seem to find any. I'd
appreciate any guidance. Thanks!

Frank

 

[Steven J Sobol]

Hello,

I've got a TabbedPane gui with two tabs. Is it possible to hide
the second tab until/unless a certain radio button is clicked on the
first tab?

Have you tried setVisible() ?

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[Phrank]

Have you tried setVisible() ?

Yes. And after it compiled just fine, I was surprised to see the tab
still there.

Frank

 

[Phrank]

Have you tried setVisible() ?

I've been looking some more and still cannot find how to do this. Ok,
if that can't be done, how would I go about having the 2nd tab
automatically selected when the appropriate radio button is selected
on Tab 1?

Frank

 

[Liz]

How about using card layout instead? How about setting the color of the
tab to be the same as the color behind it (maybe you have to do the same
to the borders if there are any.)

 

[Steven J Sobol]

I've been looking some more and still cannot find how to do this. Ok,
if that can't be done, how would I go about having the 2nd tab
automatically selected when the appropriate radio button is selected
on Tab 1?

Hm, I'm going to play around and see what I can find out... will have
to do it tomorrow, it's late...

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[Rogan Dawes]

Hello,

I've got a TabbedPane gui with two tabs. Is it possible to hide
the second tab until/unless a certain radio button is clicked on the
first tab? I'm building a small program that allows users to order
books, and they have a choice as to whether or not they want to have
it shipped to them or not. If they want to have it shipped, then they
have to enter their address, and I have my second tab set up with
Address/City/State/Zip Code text boxes laid out. But I don't want
this tab even seen unless the buyer selects the YES radio button for
shipping. I've searched high and low for any documentation or
examples on how to do this, but I can't seem to find any. I'd
appreciate any guidance. Thanks!

Frank

How about adding and removing the second tab depending on the selection
state of the radiobutton?

i.e. add a radiobutton listener that does:

if (radiobutton.isSelected()) {
tabbedPane.add(secondPanel);
} else {
tabbedPane.remove(secondPanel);
}

methods and arguments for add and remove are most likely incorrect, but
you get the idea, I think.

Rogan

 

[Phrank]

How about using card layout instead? How about setting the color of the
tab to be the same as the color behind it (maybe you have to do the same
to the borders if there are any.)

I think the CardLayout approach seems the best. I'm trying to convert
my TabbedPane to CardLayout now. Thanks!

Frank

 

[Sudsy]

Hello,

I've got a TabbedPane gui with two tabs. Is it possible to hide
the second tab until/unless a certain radio button is clicked on the
first tab? I'm building a small program that allows users to order
books, and they have a choice as to whether or not they want to have
it shipped to them or not. If they want to have it shipped, then they
have to enter their address, and I have my second tab set up with
Address/City/State/Zip Code text boxes laid out. But I don't want
this tab even seen unless the buyer selects the YES radio button for
shipping.

Perhaps you need to take a step back and ask yourself (and perhaps
others) whether this makes for an inutitive GUI. From what you've
described, I know that I wouldn't like it. To me it would make more
sense to collect the shipping and billing information at the same
time, namely at check-out. Unless you're giving the books away for
free, I'm assuming that you're going to support credit-card payment.
In that case you'll certainly want to use AVS (Address Validation
Service). You need the billing address to validate, don't you know.
Take you cues from other websites. The work flow in some has been
engineered by professionals. Don't be using a tabbed-pane "just
because".

 

[Phrank]

Perhaps you need to take a step back and ask yourself (and perhaps
others) whether this makes for an inutitive GUI. From what you've
described, I know that I wouldn't like it. To me it would make more
sense to collect the shipping and billing information at the same
time, namely at check-out. Unless you're giving the books away for
free, I'm assuming that you're going to support credit-card payment.
In that case you'll certainly want to use AVS (Address Validation
Service). You need the billing address to validate, don't you know.
Take you cues from other websites. The work flow in some has been
engineered by professionals. Don't be using a tabbed-pane "just
because".

I appreciate all the input and advice; it's got me going in the right
direction...with this project anyway. The primary purposes of this
project was to solve a problem and to use different java classes and
tools. I wanted to try something different, so that's why I went with
the tabbed pane. From another response earlier, I thought that I
would go the route of the CardLayout, but I then to a second look at
Mr. Dawes' input of adding and removing the second panel based on the
radio button state, and that's the way I went. It works well, by the
way Mr. Dawes! Thanks! As for your input, Sudsy, I absolutely agree
with you; I wouldn't really care for it as a user interface. However,
my thoughts and approach will be consolidated with others to come up
with the best of all worlds, kind of like a think tank where there are
no stupid ideas, even if we all know there really are. My approach
may very well be one of those stupid ideas, but it may trigger a
thought from someone else in the group. Thanks again everyone!

Frank