JTabbedPane: show task progress in a tab

Question

I have a simple Swing Java application that performs searches, and the results are shown in a new tab. While the search is running, I want to show a progress icon or animati

Answer 1

@Andrew Thompson

It would be great if the J2SE supported animated GIFs 'out of the box' 
in more situations. I tried that animated GIF (nice image, BTW) as a 
tab icon, and no, it remains static. 

I don't want to read whole ...., but put together code by yours and @trashgod's majesty

1) use Htlm (I'm not good in plain Html)

2) use GlassPane with JLabel#(setOpaque(true))

3) use JLayer (JXLayer is better, becasue Sn'Oracle remove important methods == my view)

4) you have to force ..... for Swing JComponents by @aterai

5) Rob's Animated Icon a few times metioned support by Rob for JTabbedPane

code

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.net.MalformedURLException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.swing.*;
//https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3483485/java-jprogressbar-or-equivalent-in-a-jtabbedpane-tab-title/3484251#3484251
public class JTabbedTest {

    private JFrame f = new JFrame();
    private JTabbedPane jtp = new JTabbedPane();
    private URL url = null;

    public JTabbedTest() {
        try {
            url = new URL("http://pscode.org/media/starzoom-thumb.gif");
        } catch (MalformedURLException ex) {
            Logger.getLogger(JTabbedTest.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
        }
        ImageIcon ii = new ImageIcon(url);

        f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
        jtp.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 200));
        createTab("Reds", Color.RED);
        createTab("Greens", Color.GREEN);
        createTab("Blues", Color.BLUE);
        f.add(jtp, BorderLayout.CENTER);

        jtp.setTitleAt(2, "");

        // change foreground Color for disabled tab        
        /*jtp.setTitleAt(2, ""
                + jtp.getTitleAt(2) + "");*/

        Rectangle tabBounds = jtp.getBoundsAt(0);
        Container glassPane = (Container) f.getRootPane().getGlassPane();
        glassPane.setVisible(true);
        glassPane.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
        GridBagConstraints gbc = new GridBagConstraints();
        gbc.weightx = 1.0;
        gbc.weighty = 1.0;
        gbc.fill = GridBagConstraints.NONE;
        gbc.insets = new Insets(tabBounds.y + 23, 0, 0, 5);
        gbc.anchor = GridBagConstraints.NORTHEAST;
        JButton button = new JButton("My Button Position", ii);
        button.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(button.getPreferredSize().width, (int) tabBounds.getHeight() - 2));
        glassPane.add(button, gbc);
        f.pack();
        f.setVisible(true);
    }

    private void createTab(String name, Color color) {
        ProgressIcon icon = new ProgressIcon(color);
        jtp.addTab(name, icon, new ColorPanel(jtp, icon));
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                JTabbedTest jTabbedTest = new JTabbedTest();
            }
        });
    }

    private static class ColorPanel extends JPanel implements ActionListener {

        private static final Random rnd = new Random();
        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
        private final Timer timer = new Timer(1000, this);
        private final JLabel label = new JLabel("Stackoverflow!");
        private final JTabbedPane parent;
        private final ProgressIcon icon;
        private final int mask;
        private int count;

        public ColorPanel(JTabbedPane parent, ProgressIcon icon) {
            super(true);
            this.parent = parent;
            this.icon = icon;
            this.mask = icon.color.getRGB();
            this.setBackground(icon.color);
            label.setForeground(icon.color);
            this.add(label);
            timer.start();
        }

        @Override
        public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
            this.setBackground(new Color(rnd.nextInt() & mask));
            this.icon.update(count += rnd.nextInt(8));
            this.parent.repaint();
        }
    }

    private static class ProgressIcon implements Icon {

        private static final int H = 16;
        private static final int W = 3 * H;
        private Color color;
        private int w;

        public ProgressIcon(Color color) {
            this.color = color;
        }

        public void update(int i) {
            w = i % W;
        }

        @Override
        public void paintIcon(Component c, Graphics g, int x, int y) {
            g.setColor(color);
            g.fillRect(x, y, w, H);
        }

        @Override
        public int getIconWidth() {
            return W;
        }

        @Override
        public int getIconHeight() {
            return H;
        }
    }
}