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Java Swing UI container class that can be displayed anywhere on the user's desktop.

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How can a Swing JWindow be resized without flickering?

I am trying to make a custom UI based on a JWindow for the purpose of selecting an area of the screen to be shared. I have extended JWindow and added code to make it resizable and to 'cut out' the centre of the window using…
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Center Swing Windows

I'm developing a Java Swing application. How can I make it so that when the program itself and any other windows open they come up in the center of the screen?
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Java Swing JWindow application crash

If I use JDK1.8_40 or newer (Oracle or OpenJDK do the same), the following code together with a dialog resize will crash the application (tried Windows 7, x64, 64bit JDK) import javax.swing.JButton; import javax.swing.JDialog; import…
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Implementing auto complete in Java - am I doing it right?

Algorithm Start Input a city name - partial or complete If the user hits enter , take the text from JTextField Begin brute force search. If the matches are found, put them in a Vector and put it in a JList If no match is found, add a String "No…
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Disable JFrame minimize button

I am developing a tool for my laptop. I want to disable minimize button in the JFrame. I have already disabled maximize and close button. Here is the code to disable maximize and close button: JFrame frame = new JFrame(); …
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Non-opaque JButton background in non top level window becomes opaque?

Before you read, here are some clarifications on what the question is about: The SSCCE is designed for Java 7. It would be possible to use sun.*.AWTUtilities to adapt it to Java 6, but it does not matter to me how it works on Java 6. The faulting…
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UI freezes after child window closing until first click

I'm writing a drop down component with colors for toolbar. So I've taken ideas from 'Swing hacks' book, changed conception a little bit and added Swing's standard JColorChooser to drop down. The behaviour shold be following: I click a button and a…
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Buttons in JDialog not clickable when it's on top of other two modal popups

I have a swing application.I have a Window which should be showed on clicking of few text fields.(It's like a virtual keyboard with few keys). That window is created using Window wdw= new JDialog(); It's set to modal as well. ((JDialog)…
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Resizing FlowLayout panels

I'm trying to create a JPanel that uses the FlowLayout. This panel is placed inside of a container using BorderLayout. This container is then added to a card using CardLayout. I would like the panel using FLowLayout ot be a small box in the bottom…
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Can not edit the text of a JTextField inside a JPanel within a JWindow

This is in continuation of my previous question where I asked how to place something in the system tray. After some help from the community, I could do that. However what I am unable to do is to change the text of the JTextField in the JWindow. …
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Using JWindow for a floating tool window causes the owner window to "flicker" when clicking into the floating window

Background Information I would like to build a tool/palette window (also called a "floating" window) in Swing with Java Version 1.6.0_26. I thought a JWindow is the best pick, and also the Swing documentation points out to use a JWindow for such…
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Java like Window Navigation in WPF

I am a Java developer, and for user interaction I create a universal JFrame and has a JPanel container in it, and I swap that container with the other panels I created. I started to develop WPF applications but I cannot find how this can be done.…
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JWindow alway on top not getting focus events

I have a jwindow(set to be always on top) that you can click to get a pop menu. If the user right clicks the window it shows the pop menu but then if the user clicks any other window(such as firefox) pop menu does not disappear. I tried to fix it by…
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How can I minimize/iconify a JWindow in Java?

My app has a JWindow that needs to be minimized when the custom minimizer button clicked. Please reply if anyone knows how to minimize a JWindow. I have searched a lot but couldn't find any suitable method to minimize. I know how to minimize a…
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How to Show Only plain Message in Java without any Ok or Cancel Option?

I want to show some Message at run time in my app without giving any option in Message Dialog Java swing , and my app also run with this showing message. So how can I do that?
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