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javax.swing.text
Interface TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:

FieldView, ParagraphView, ParagraphView, PasswordView, PlainView, WrappedPlainView

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public interface TabExpander

Simple interface to allow for different types of implementations of tab expansion.

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Method Summary
float	nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset) Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position.

Method Detail

nextTabStop

float nextTabStop(float x,
 int tabOffset)

Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position. Values are expressed in points.

Parameters:

x - the position in points>= 0

tabOffset - the position within the text stream that the tab occurred at>= 0.

Returns:

the next tab stop>= 0

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