Disable All Components in GUI?

Question

Hi, I am writing a gui using java.awt/javax.swing
I want to disable all components in my gui (ie. setting all components of my gui to the disabled state by using setEnabled(false) from the java.awt.Component class) except for the Exit Button of the title bar (so that one can still exit the program via the exit button).
I try using JFrame.setEnabled(false); however, the close button is also disabled. I can go about disabling the panes, the menus, and the buttons separately but that would be too troublesome.
Anyone have some pointers? Thanks!

Answer 1

hi
I think this block of code solve your problem.
          JFrame f=new JFrame();
          f.setSize(400,400);
          f.getContentPane().setLayout(new FlowLayout());
          f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
          JButton b1=new JButton("Demo1");
          JButton b2=new JButton("Demo2");
          f.getContentPane().add(b1);
          f.getContentPane().add(b2);
          Component[] c=f.getContentPane().getComponents();
          System.out.println(c.length);
          for(int i=0;i<c.length;i++)
               c.setEnabled(false);
          b1.setEnabled(true);
          f.setVisible(true);