On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 21:03:55 GMT, Phil Race <p...@openjdk.org> wrote: >> src/java.desktop/share/classes/java/awt/Dialog.java line 174: >> >>> 172: * from the same toolkit except those from its own child >>> hierarchy. >>> 173: */ >>> 174: TOOLKIT_MODAL >> >> Should we add a note that `APPLICATION_MODAL` and `TOOLKIT_MODAL` mean the >> same thing in the absence of applets or even remove one of them? > > Yes, It didn't escape me that they mean essentially the same thing, even more > so than they did before > Theoretically there can be more than one toolkit, although it is not really > possible. > > Addressing the nuances of that is outside the scope of this change, so I made > the minimum doc change and removing applet isn't the right time to add advice > about which to use. So future work there. > And very unlikely to remove either of them as I suspect the similarities mean > that developers probably are 50:50 in which they used, so we'd just break > (more) apps if we did.
A bug to clarify the usage [JDK-8359499](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8359499): _Clarify spec around `TOOLKIT_MODAL` and `APPLICATION_MODAL`_. ------------- PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25698#discussion_r2154776375
