How to position a JFrame permanently above another?

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The jist of the problem is this: I have two JFrames, lets say a big JFrame Foo and smaller JFrame Baz. I have both open at the same time, is there a way to make Baz never be hidden "behind" Foo? Right now when Baz is "in front" and I click on Foo, Baz disappears behind Foo, which I don't want to happen.

See also [The Use of Multiple JFrames, Good/Bad Practice?](http://stackoverflow.com/a/9554657/418556) — Andrew Thompson, Mar 14 '14 at 09:17

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 14 '14 at 01:32

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Don't use two JFrames. You are trying to make the "bar" window behave like a dialog, and thus it in fact should be a dialog, a JDialog to be exact, and it should be set up so that its parent window is your "foo" JFrame.

answered Mar 14 '14 at 01:32

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Thanks, stuff like this is a little new to me :) – Others Mar 14 '14 at 01:37

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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You could look at Java - control Z order of JPanels.

If using a JDialog is not an option (because you need a JFrame) then you could use this to manually define z-order rules.

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answered Mar 14 '14 at 01:34

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How to position a JFrame permanently above another?

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