import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Side;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Button;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.Tab;
import javafx.scene.control.TabPane;
import javafx.scene.layout.TilePane;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.scene.shape.Rectangle;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
 
public class TabPaneTest
extends Application
{
 
TabPane[] tps = null;
 
public void start(Stage stage)
throws Exception
	{
	TilePane pane = new TilePane(10, 10);
	pane.setPrefColumns(2);
 
	tps = new TabPane[4];
 
	CreateTP(0, "T");
	CreateTP(1, "R");
	CreateTP(2, "B");
	CreateTP(3, "L");
 
	tps[0].setSide(Side.TOP);
	tps[1].setSide(Side.RIGHT);
	tps[2].setSide(Side.BOTTOM);
	tps[3].setSide(Side.LEFT);
 
	pane.getChildren().addAll(tps);
 
        Scene scene = new Scene(pane, 800, 600);
        stage.setScene(scene);
        stage.show();
 
	} // start
 
 
private void CreateTP(int i, String s)
	{
	TabPane tp = new TabPane();
 
	Tab tab1 = new Tab();	//"one");
	tab1.setGraphic(new Label(s + " tab 1"));                        //n.b. text on tab always rotates, hence using 'graphic'
	tab1.setContent(new Rectangle(200, 200, Color.RED));
	tp.getTabs().add(tab1);
 
	Tab tab2 = new Tab();	//"two");
	tab2.setGraphic(new Label(s + " tab 2"));
	tab2.setContent(new Rectangle(200, 200, Color.BLUE));
	tp.getTabs().add(tab2);
 
	tp.setStyle("-fx-border-color: black; -fx-border-width: 1");
 
/* try with and without this block ...

	tp.setTabMinWidth(90);
	tp.setTabMaxWidth(90);
	tp.setTabMinHeight(60);
	tp.setTabMaxHeight(60);
*/
 
        // and with and without this next line
 
	//tp.setRotateGraphic(true);
 
	tps[i] = tp;
 
	} // CreateTP
 
 
public static void main(String[] args)
	{
	Application.launch(args);
	}
 
}