[jdjlist] Re: An always on top dialog

[Parnell Flynn]

This problem can be solved on Solaris as well without a code change. For Solaris 8 and HPUX11.11 CDE, 1. Open the Style Manager (the Front Panel button with the mouse, color palette, & fonts). 2. Open the Style Manager - Window app. 3. Notice the option, "Allow Primary Windows On Top". Apparently, this is selected by default, resulting in modeless windows/dialogs appearing behind active windows. Deselect this option to make the behavior more like Windows -----Original Message----- From: Madhav Vodnala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 6:16 AM To: JDJList Subject: [jdjlist] Re: An always on top dialog   Ivan   I guess, you are facing this problem on Solaris. You never have to use toFront() or toBack() on win32 platforms if, you create a dialog with the main JFRAME as the parent. In this case, the JDialog just stays on top of all the swing components inside the main JFrame.   There is a long pending bug in SUN's bug parade related to floating dialogs on Solaris. http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4429777.html   Thanks Madhav   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ivan Bradac To: JDJList Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:30 PM Subject: [jdjlist] An always on top dialog Hi   In an MDI application, I need to create a dialog which stays always on top of the application.  A typical example of this is the standard Find dialog in many application like Word or even in applications written in java like NetBeans.   The only hint that I find is that the java.awt.Window class has a toFront() methos. However, to use this, I would have to check for any focuses gained by other windows/dialogs and always call this method which seems to be a too complicated way.   Are threre any other easier ways?   Thanks for any help.   Ivan  ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ To change your JDJList options, please visit: http://www.sys-con.com/java/list.cfm Be respectful! Clean up your posts before replying ____________________________________________________