i have an application, where I need to work on a frame, while I want to have a dialog open.
So I set the modality to Dialog.ModalityType.MODELESS. While this enables me to interact with the parent JFrame, I cannot use the getValue() anymore on the dialog.
Here is a running minimal example:
package Test;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
public class TestModalityDialog {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800,600));
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.pack();
JOptionPane optionPane = new JOptionPane();
String[] options = new String[]{"Hello"};
JLabel label1 = new JLabel(
"Click on a cluster to delete it (needs to be confirmed by pressing the 'Confirm' button.");
JLabel label2 = new JLabel(
"Press 'p' to undelete an unconfirmed deletion.");
Object complexMsg[] = { label1, label2 };
optionPane.setMessage(complexMsg);
optionPane.setOptions(options);
optionPane.setMessageType(JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
JDialog dialog = optionPane.createDialog(frame,
"Select undesired clusters");
//dialog.setModalityType(Dialog.ModalityType.MODELESS); //uncomment this line out
dialog.setVisible(true);
dialog.setVisible(false);//must be set to false for Modality to work
dialog.setVisible(true);
Object obj = optionPane.getValue();
int result = -1;
for (int k = 0; k < options.length; k++) {
if (options[k].equals(obj)) {
result = k;
}
}
if (result == 0) {
System.out.println("Succesful");
}
}
}
The system out works here, when you press the button labeled "Hello". Put you cannot interact with the frame behind. If you uncomment
//dialog.setModalityType(Dialog.ModalityType.MODELESS);
this will allow "interaction" (not in this minimal example ofc), but I dont get a system out anymore.
Second thing which I did not expect is that you have to press the button two times in the uncommented version to work.
For help I would be gladful, already tried out the other 3 modalitie values, but the did not work.
Cheers, Buddha
