Closing on a single window closes all the frames in java

Question

I would like to make possible the navigation of frames in java.Whenever i close a frame the remaining frames which are also opened get closed;and the entire program stops.

Please help...

***Use just one frame!*** See [The Use of Multiple JFrames, Good/Bad Practice?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/9554636/418556) for more details. — Andrew Thompson, Mar 28 '12 at 11:18

Mr. Xymon · Answer 1 · 2012-03-28T11:30:21.163

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You probably used

   //this will terminate or exit your application    
   setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

Maybe you want to use this instead,

   setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.HIDE_ON_CLOSE);

for your reference go to this link

edited Mar 28 '12 at 11:30

answered Mar 28 '12 at 11:14

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Paaske · Answer 2 · 2016-11-28T09:23:39.100

If you want to close only that one frame, you should do something like this: setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE)

If you want to close all frames whenever a single frame closes you can do the following:

You could use a window listener and call System.exit(0); when the JFrame closes, or try setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); on each JFrame. That way your program would close all frames and end.

If you need to perform some tasks before application quits, you should probably use the window listener.

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited May 11 '18 at 05:38

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You can also do that graphicaly. right click on your frame and select properties and from there you can change that like the below picture.

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answered May 11 '18 at 05:14

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This answer was so helpful i don't know why they have down voted this. – billa-code Aug 09 '18 at 20:34

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 23 '17 at 10:36

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If you were using swing palette. In frame properties choose default close operation as (Dispose). Follow as per the image given in this solution.

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answered Oct 23 '17 at 10:03

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 23 '17 at 07:41

My problem was that I used a listener found on the basic tutorials :

WindowListener l = new WindowAdapter() {
        public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
            System.exit(0);
        }
    };

    addWindowListener(l);

I know it's dumb. I didn't see it, but some people might have done the same thing, so I'll just leave this here ;)

Closing on a single window closes all the frames in java

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