Name: wj18071 Date: 10/25/99


The feature makes it possible for developers to add mnemonics
to the tabs of pages contained in a JTabbedPane. This is a
feature request of many in the development community, it's
corresponding bugid is 4200562.

It allows the user to navigate directly to a tabbed page simply
by pressing Alt+the mnemonic character simultaneously.

It's more direct than the current solutions which follow.
Activating a mnemonic is well understood by users and the user
need only "look" at the UI to know what to do as opposed to the
following methods which require remembering non-obvious key
sequences or greatly reduced navigation efficiency.
First way - the current fastest way requires a
Control+up arrow then arrow key navigation to the
desired tab.

Second way - If the user forgets this non-obvious
method they must tab though all active components
contained in the tabbed page until focus is given to
the tab then arrow keys are used to move to the
desired tab.
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