Open New Window And Close Parent

Question

When my program launches, a window (aka "StartWindow") opens that has 3 options: New Game/Load Game/Exit. When New Game or Load Game is clicked (and after some input), the game window (aka "GameWindow") will open so the user can play.

When the GameWindow opens, I would like to have the StartWindow close. And when the GameWindow closes, the StartWindow will open until the actual "EXIT" button is clicked.

Is there a way to do this? Right now, the only way I can achieve something similar to this is having a boolean called "gameRunning". When this is true, the buttons on StartWindow will have no action when clicked. Opposite when false.

For example purposes, suppose that each window has 3 buttons, a text field, and nothing else.

I would make the StartWindow a JDialog that initially opens with a non-visible JFrame, the GameWindow. Then I'd re-display it as needed. — Hovercraft Full Of Eels, May 11 '13 at 19:27
See [The Use of Multiple JFrames, Good/Bad Practice?](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9554657/418556) — Andrew Thompson, May 12 '13 at 06:21

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered May 11 '13 at 19:29

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Use setVisible(false) method on parent before opening any child window. When child window closes call setVisible(true). It will solve your problem

answered May 11 '13 at 19:29

Sudhir Dhumal

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Open New Window And Close Parent

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