Changing focus (JTextArea and JOptionPane)

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In Swing, I am able to prompt the user for input using JOptionPane. The only problem this presents is the fact that the user can't change focus between the input box and the frame/content within it.

Is there any parameter I can put in to make it so that the focus is always on the frame. As a note, I have already tried requestFocus().

Thank you in advance.

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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The JOptionPane dialog is always modal. U can check this:

Can I use a Java JOptionPane in a non-modal way?

in order to bypass this behaviour.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Jan 13 '12 at 11:26

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '12 at 11:26

The idea of JOptionPane is to show a modal dialog, which asks for confirmation or option, and to continue once the user has chosen an option. Without the chosen option, the program can't continue.

If you would like a non-modal dialog, then you'll need to construct it yourself, using JDialog.

Changing focus (JTextArea and JOptionPane)

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