ActionLister on a Change of Tab in JTabbedPane

Question

I have the following GUI:

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The problem is, the [Register LMS] button should only be displayed when I'm on the Flood Monitoring tab.

When I go to the User Registration tab, another button should display called [Register User]. Obviously when I get back to the Flood Monitoring tab, I would need my [Register LMS] button back.

I know how to hide Swing components via the setVisible(false); method, but I am not sure how to add the trigger (action listener) to the change of tabs and nothing else.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4443559/java-actionlistener-on-a-tab might help. — Nico, Apr 21 '13 at 03:11

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '13 at 03:11

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Try adding a ChangeListener to the JTabbedPane, this is only called when the object changes state. i.e When the tab changes.

answered Apr 21 '13 at 03:11

Sinkingpoint

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Thanks Quirliom, Is there a way to make it stop firing a change listener when the GUI loads? – J86 Apr 21 '13 at 03:18
Unfortunately, not as far as I know. – Sinkingpoint Apr 21 '13 at 03:20
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@Ciwan: don't add the listener until the GUI has already loaded. 1+ to this answer. – Hovercraft Full Of Eels Apr 21 '13 at 03:20
@HovercraftFullOfEels Well that's simple and something I totally didn't think of. – Sinkingpoint Apr 21 '13 at 03:21

ActionLister on a Change of Tab in JTabbedPane

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