MouseEvents for a JTabbedPane Tab component are not bleeding through

Question

I have a JTabbedPane with a custom tab component. That component contains a JLabel (To display the tab title) and a JButton (A close butto

Answer 1

I seem to remember a question like this recently although I can't find the posting. I believe the problem is that the "custom component" receives the mouse event so it is not passed on to the tabbed pane. The solution suggested was to use the dispatchEvent(...) method to redispatch the mouse event to the proper tab.