There are two ways to set a tool tip on a tab. The first is to specify it when the tab is created; the second way is to set it using JTabbedPane.setToolTipTextAt()
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// Create a tabbed pane JTabbedPane pane = new JTabbedPane(); // Add a tab with a tool tip String label = "Tab Label"; String tooltip = "Tool Tip Text"; pane.addTab(label, null, component, tooltip); // Get index of new tab int index = pane.getTabCount()-1; // Get current tool tip tooltip = pane.getToolTipTextAt(index); // Change tool tip tooltip = "New Tool Tip Text"; pane.setToolTipTextAt(index, tooltip);
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