Module java.desktop
Package javax.swing.text

# Interface TabExpander

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `FieldView`, `ParagraphView`, `ParagraphView`, `PasswordView`, `PlainView`, `WrappedPlainView`

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

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`float`
`nextTabStop(float x, int tabOffset)`
Returns the next tab stop position given a reference position.

## Method Details

### 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