Change History for the TabControl API - NetBeans API Javadoc (Current Development Version)

Introduction

This document lists changes made to the TabControl API.

Index of APIs

Tab Control APIs

Incompatible changes by date

Fuller descriptions of all changes can be found below (follow links).

Not all deprecations are listed here, assuming that the deprecated APIs continue to essentially work. For a full deprecation list, please consult the Javadoc.

(Oct 5 '06) Module core/windows now has Friend API dependency on core/swing/tabcontrol
(Apr 5 '06) TabbedContainerUI.jdk14bug4924516Hack deleted

All changes by date

(Oct 5 '06) Module core/windows now has Friend API dependency on core/swing/tabcontrol
(Apr 5 '06) TabbedContainerUI.jdk14bug4924516Hack deleted
(Nov 18 '04) Flashing tabs added

Changes by version

These API specification versions may be used to indicate that a module requires a certain API feature in order to function. For example, if you see here a feature you need which is labelled 1.20, your manifest should contain in its main attributes the line:

OpenIDE-Module-Module-Dependencies: org.netbeans.swing.tabcontrol > 1.20

(1.3) Flashing tabs added

Changes by affected class

`org.netbeans.swing.tabcontrol.TabbedContainer`

(Nov 18 '04) Flashing tabs added

`org.netbeans.swing.tabcontrol.TabbedContainerUI`

(Apr 5 '06) TabbedContainerUI.jdk14bug4924516Hack deleted

`org.netbeans.swing.tabcontrol.TabDisplayer`

(Nov 18 '04) Flashing tabs added

Details of all changes by API and date

Tab Control APIs

Module core/windows now has Friend API dependency on core/swing/tabcontrol

Oct 5 '06; made by: saubrecht

The Tab Control module was unnecessarily exposing all of its packages as public API. Since it's no longer possible to use the Tab Control as a standalone module (because of its dependencies on Windows API) the module now has only a single friend module - Core/Windows.

There were also other changes in Tab Control UI classes for various L&Fs (i.e. classes that were previously in public API packages), some methods have been removed, some were added. Also some classes in org.netbeans.swing.tabcontrol package have changed.

`TabbedContainerUI.jdk14bug4924516Hack` deleted

Apr 5 '06; affected top-level classes: TabbedContainerUI; made by: jglick
A method which was present only as a workaround for a bug in JDK 1.4 was deleted, since only JDK 5+ is now supported. The method should not have been called by anyone outside of this module anyway.

Flashing tabs added

Nov 18 '04; API spec. version: 1.3; affected top-level classes: TabDisplayer TabbedContainer; made by: mkleint; issues: #48811

Added support for flashing tabs, to be used to get user's attention. The API allows to start the flashing and stop it explicitly. Also stops when user selects the given tab.