feature request: safari-like JTabbedPane

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. use JTabbedPane

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
a sensibly-small tabbed pane like safari's. optional close buttons. 
optional draggability (including between windows).

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
i don't use it, but this is the feature that would make me use it.

Please provide any additional information below.
client properties like the ones apple uses for "search" JTextFields would 
be a good way to add any extra API. but even just a tabbed pane that takes 
less space would be an important step forward.

(my application is http://software.jessies.org/terminator/ which would 
really benefit from Safari-style tabs)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by elliott....@gmail.com on 24 Jun 2009 at 10:59

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Your app looks neat Jesse! It looks like a native terminal to me.

Original comment by kenneth....@gmail.com on 26 Jun 2009 at 11:37

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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I think this is a must.   Take one look at netbeans, the button style tabs 
don't work for documents.  As 
mentioned on your blog, the upside down tabs have their flaws, because they are 
connected to the toolbar they 
can only be used on documents that fill the full window.  I would be happy with 
an implantation that looks 
reasonably close to Apple's

Original comment by fractal...@gmail.com on 1 Nov 2009 at 2:18