Right. In that case, it does make sense to initial...

# tornadofx

[abhinay]

Right. In that case, it does make sense to initialize a Tab only when selected.

Nevertheless, this has a downside as well. In case where data is fetched in background, all the tabs are ready and the user gets a smooth experience when switching Tabs.
Where as, in case where you perform an on-demand loading of data, user might to wait for sometime while switching each Tab. This may lead to bad user experience.