Remove the JTabbedPane "currently selected" dotted line

Question

How do you remove the dotted line around the currently selected tab on a JTabbedPane.

For example:

See the dotted line around it?

Answer 1

• This is painted by the current Look and Feel.

• I believe what is needed will depend on the LnF you're using.

• You'll want to create a custom TabbedPaneUI class, probably overriding the one in your chosen L&F. You might be overriding javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTabbedPaneUI.

• override paintFocusIndicator, and make it an empty method.
• You will need to create an instance of this class, then call myTabbedPane.setUI(myTabbedPaneUI)

Answer 2

try setting the focus colour

UIManager.put("TabbedPane.focus", new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));

or set it to the same colour as the background

Answer 3

I just found a better way:

component.setFocusable(false);