Notebook

The Notebook container contains numerous windows. Each window is accessed by selecting a tab with a label identifying the window. Below is a complete example.

Example 6. Notebook.java - Notebook

import org.gnu.gtk.Button;
import org.gnu.gtk.CheckButton;
import org.gnu.gtk.Frame;
import org.gnu.gtk.Gtk;
import org.gnu.gtk.Label;
import org.gnu.gtk.Notebook;
import org.gnu.gtk.PositionType;
import org.gnu.gtk.Table;
import org.gnu.gtk.Window;
import org.gnu.gtk.WindowType;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.ButtonEvent;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.ButtonListener;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.LifeCycleEvent;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.LifeCycleListener;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.NotebookEvent;
import org.gnu.gtk.event.NotebookListener;

public class NotebookExample implements LifeCycleListener {

	protected Notebook notebook = null;
	private int tabPosition = 1;
	private boolean displayTabs = true;
	private boolean displayBorder = false;

	public NotebookExample() {

		Window window = new Window(WindowType.TOPLEVEL);
		window.setBorderWidth(10);

		Table table = new Table(3, 6, false);
		window.add(table);

		// Create a new notebook, place the position of the tabs
		notebook = new Notebook();
		notebook.setTabPosition(PositionType.TOP);
		table.attach(notebook, 0, 6, 0, 1);
		notebook.show();

		// Let's append a bunch of pages to the notebook
		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
			String bufferf = "Append Frame " + (i + 1);
			String bufferl = "Page " + (i + 1);

			Frame frame = new Frame(bufferf);
			frame.setBorderWidth(10);
			frame.setMinimumSize(100, 75);
			frame.show();

			Label lbl = new Label(bufferf);
			frame.add(lbl);
			lbl.show();

			lbl = new Label(bufferl);
			notebook.appendPage(frame, lbl);
		}

		// Now let's add a page to a specific spot
		CheckButton checkButton = new CheckButton("Click me please!", false);
		checkButton.setMinimumSize(100, 75);
		checkButton.show();

		Label label = new Label("Add page");
		notebook.insertPage(checkButton, label, 2);

		// Now finally let's perpend pages to the notebook
		for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
			String bufferf = "Prepend Frame " + (i + 1);
			String bufferl = "PPage " + (i + 1);

			Frame frame = new Frame(bufferf);
			frame.setBorderWidth(10);
			frame.setMinimumSize(100, 75);
			frame.show();

			Label lbl = new Label(bufferf);
			frame.add(lbl);
			lbl.show();

			lbl = new Label(bufferl);
			notebook.prependPage(frame, lbl);
		}

		// Set what page to start at (page 4)
		notebook.setCurrentPage(3);
		notebook.addListener(new NotebookListener() {
			public void notebookEvent(NotebookEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(NotebookEvent.Type.SWITCH_PAGE)) {
					System.out.println(
						"User just selected page " + event.getPageNumber());
				}
			}
		});

		// Quit this application.
		Button button = new Button("close", false);
		button.addListener(new ButtonListener() {
			public void buttonEvent(ButtonEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(ButtonEvent.Type.CLICK)) {
					Gtk.mainQuit();
				}
			}
		});
		table.attach(button, 0, 1, 1, 2);
		button.show();

		// Move the Notebook to the next page.
		button = new Button("next page", false);
		button.addListener(new ButtonListener() {
			public void buttonEvent(ButtonEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(ButtonEvent.Type.CLICK)) {
					notebook.nextPage();
				}
			}
		});
		table.attach(button, 1, 2, 1, 2);
		button.show();

		// Move the Notebook to the previous page.
		button = new Button("prev page", false);
		button.addListener(new ButtonListener() {
			public void buttonEvent(ButtonEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(ButtonEvent.Type.CLICK)) {
					notebook.prevPage();
				}
			}
		});
		table.attach(button, 2, 3, 1, 2);
		button.show();

		// Change the position of the tabs on this Notebook
		button = new Button("tab position", false);
		button.addListener(new ButtonListener() {
			public void buttonEvent(ButtonEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(ButtonEvent.Type.CLICK)) {
					if (tabPosition == 4)
						tabPosition = 0;
					notebook.setTabPosition(PositionType.intern(++tabPosition));
				}
			}
		});
		table.attach(button, 3, 4, 1, 2);
		button.show();

		// Display/hode the tabs and border.
		button = new Button("tabs/border on/off", false);
		button.addListener(new ButtonListener() {
			public void buttonEvent(ButtonEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(ButtonEvent.Type.CLICK)) {
					displayTabs = !displayTabs;
					displayBorder = !displayBorder;
					notebook.setShowTabs(displayTabs);
					notebook.setShowBorder(displayBorder);
				}
			}
		});
		table.attach(button, 4, 5, 1, 2);
		button.show();

		// Remove the currently selected page.
		button = new Button("remove page", false);
		button.addListener(new ButtonListener() {
			public void buttonEvent(ButtonEvent event) {
				if (event.isOfType(ButtonEvent.Type.CLICK)) {
					int page = notebook.getCurrentPage();
					notebook.removePage(page);
				}
			}
		});
		table.attach(button, 5, 6, 1, 2);
		button.show();

		table.show();

		window.show();
	}

	// Method to cause the application to exit
	public void lifeCycleEvent(LifeCycleEvent event) {
		if (event.isOfType(LifeCycleEvent.Type.DESTROY) || 
			event.isOfType(LifeCycleEvent.Type.DELETE)) {
			Gtk.mainQuit();
		}
	}

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		// Initialize GTK 
		Gtk.init(args);

		NotebookExample notebook = new NotebookExample();

		Gtk.main();
	}
}