Ah, I the controlsFX code must be doing something to position the dialog. Perhaps you can step into the code and see what it is doing. The behaviour without a owner appears to be the standard behaviour - centre on the screen.
Scott > On Nov 1, 2014, at 9:39 AM, Pete Moss <peatmos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I get different behavior. I am using JavaFX 8 (1.8u25) with > openjfx-dialogs-1.0.2 which is part of controlsfx-8.20.8. Here is my show > code: > > OptionsDlg dlg = new OptionsDlg(); // where OptionsDlg extends Dialog<T> > dlg.initOwner(mainWnd.getScene().getWindow()); > dlg.showAndWait(); > > When I set the initOwner() as shown, if the main app is in my primary > display, the dlg seems to be centered on the stage, which I am happy with. > However, if I move my main app into my secondary display, the dlg pops up in > the center of the main display. This seems like a bug. > > If I comment out the line that sets initOwner(), the dlg always seems to pop > up in the center of the main display, regardless of where the main app is. > > > > > >> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Scott Palmer <swpal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I was just addressing a bug in my application related to this. The behaviour >> you describe happens only in Java FX 2.x. In JavaFX 8 the dialog still >> appears in the centre of the display, but it chooses the correct display >> based on where the parent window is. >> >> I ended up adding a bit of code to reposition the dialog manually, but it >> was a little tricky to avoid having the dialog flash at the original >> position first. I had to set the opacity to 0, reposition it, and then wait >> a bit before setting the opacity to 1. Even that was done in a couple stages >> with runLater. >> >> Scott >> >> > On Nov 1, 2014, at 8:03 AM, Pete Moss <peatmos...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Just getting started using the new openjfx-dialogs. One thing that annoys >> > me is the default initial positioning of a popup dialog. The default seems >> > to pop up in the center of the primary display screen. This is particularly >> > annoying when the app is running in my secondary display. Where's the >> > popup? >> > >> > Is there an option to have it centered on the stage, or a way to manually >> > control the initial position? I tried to handle onShowing() but at this >> > point X, Y, width and height are NaN. >> > >> > Thanks. >> >
