Put the cursor over a tab.
The tool tip associated with the tab appears. As a convenience, you can specify tool tip text when you add a component to the tabbed pane.
Select a tab by clicking it.
The tabbed pane displays the component corresponding to the tab.
Select a tab by entering its mnemonic.
For example, in the Java look and feel you can select the tab labeled "Tab 3" by typing Alt-3.
Navigate between scrollable tabs.
This example provides scrollable tabs. Resize the dialog box by moving its left or right boundary so that tabs do not fit within the dialog. Scroll arrows appear next to the tabs.
Click the arrow to view one of the hidden tabs.
Note that clicking the arrow only reveals hidden tabs. It does not select a new tab.