Losing Focus to greedy dialog
I have a main JFrame and a JDialog to accompany it as a kind of toolbar. The user types in the main frame, and the dialog stays in the foreground of the frame at all times. It's a setup similar to MS Word with one of the toolbars (say the Font toolbar) floating - in which I need the main frame to keep focus so that the user can keep typing. The problem is, the dialog keeps wanting to steal the focus, so the user can't type.
I've tried all sorts of things, from telling the main frame to request the focus, the custom text area to grab the focus... I added a windowListener to the dialog so that whenever it gained the focus, the text area would grab the focus again. I even did a dialog.setFocusable(false); yet it still takes the focus.
When does it take the focus, you ask? Obviously it doesn't do it constantly - I have another dialog that pops up when the user clicks a button - an options dialog (modal), that when it completes, it destroys and creates a new accompanying dialog, and then after I tell it to set the dialog to visible, it steals the focus (even though it's not focusable). I tried immediately after setting it to visible, having the text area grab the focus again, but still to naught. I've almost resorted to using the swing thread to grab the focus every so often.
What do I do?
Swing related questions should be posted in the Swing forum.
The dialog will only take focus if you click on it. Otherwise focus will stay with the main frame. You can always make your buttons on the dialog non-focusable. You can also try:
Window.setFocusableWindowState(false);If you need further help then you need to create a [Short, Self Contained, Compilable and Executable, Example Program (SSCCE)|http://homepage1.nifty.com/algafield/sscce.html], that demonstrates the incorrect behaviour.
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I was wondering if it were at all possible for a JFrame or JWindow to listen for an event when the window is about to lose focus - ie it is losing focus (as opposed to lost focus).
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Can anyone help?
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I don't know a possibility to get an event like you want to have - and I do think such an eevnt does not exist.
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import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
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ActionListener {
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JButton button;
JColorChooser colorChooser;
JDialog dialog;
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null); //no CANCEL button handler
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//Make the renderer reappear.
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public Component getTableCellEditorComponent(JTable table,
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boolean isSelected,
int row,
int column) {
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implements TableCellRenderer {
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Border selectedBorder = null;
boolean isBordered = true;
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if (isSelected) {
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setBorder(selectedBorder);
} else {
if (unselectedBorder == null) {
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table.getBackground());
setBorder(unselectedBorder);
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add(tf1);
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table.setFillsViewportHeight(true);
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new ColorRenderer(true));
table.setDefaultEditor(Color.class,
new ColorEditor());
add(scrollPane);
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private String[] columnNames = {"First Name",
"Favorite Color",
"Sport",
"# of Years",
"Vegetarian"};
private Object[][] data = {
{"Mary", new Color(153, 0, 153),
"Snowboarding", new Integer(5), new Boolean(false)},
{"Alison", new Color(51, 51, 153),
"Rowing", new Integer(3), new Boolean(true)},
{"Kathy", new Color(51, 102, 51),
"Knitting", new Integer(2), new Boolean(false)},
{"Sharon", Color.red,
"Speed reading", new Integer(20), new Boolean(true)},
{"Philip", Color.pink,
"Pool", new Integer(10), new Boolean(false)}
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return columnNames.length;
public int getRowCount() {
return data.length;
public String getColumnName(int col) {
return columnNames[col];
public Object getValueAt(int row, int col) {
return data[row][col];
public Class getColumnClass(int c) {
return getValueAt(0, c).getClass();
public boolean isCellEditable(int row, int col) {
if (col < 1) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
public void setValueAt(Object value, int row, int col) {
data[row][col] = value;
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frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
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newContentPane.setOpaque(true);
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
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javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
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else
Component mostRecent =
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Andrew Stubbs (guest) wrote:
: I have the following problem:
: I have a form (B), which is a stacked canvas, which is called
: from another form (A). In the when-new-form-instance of (B) I
: execute_query and go_block to a block on (B). A visual
attribute
: is set to highlight the current record (1) - this works.
However
: if I select any record, say record (3), then the input focus
: seems to go to record (1), if I click again the focus, and
: current record attribute move to record (3).
: On client server the form works ok.
: I suspect this is a bug in the application server (3.??) or the
: appletviewer. However I suspect there may be a workaround.
: Ideas anyone ?
: Andrew Stubbs
: [email protected]
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I have:
FInal Cut Pro 3.0
Mac OS X 10.4.10Shane's Stock Answer #2: Blurry playback
ONLY JUDGE THE QUALITY OF YOUR MATERIAL ON AN EXTERNAL NTSC MONITOR, OR AT LEAST A TV.
1. Disable overlays on the canvas
2. Make sure you've rendered everything (no green bars at the top of the timeline
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=24787
Video playback requires large amounts of data and many computations. In order to maintain frame rate and be viewable at a normal size, only about one-fourth of the DV data is used in displaying the movie to the screen. However, the DV footage is still at full quality, and is best viewed thru a TV or NTSC monitor routed thru your camera or deck.
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Window losing focus constantly. Computer is unusable!!!!
Help! Ever since I upgraded to Mavericks, I have been having a problem where the window in any appllication that I am working in loses focus every few seconds. I have read every forum I can find on the subject, but no one seems to have the answer to the problem. The only thing that seems to work, but very unstable is launching my computer in safe mode.
My brand new computer is unusable!!!!!!!!My brand new computer
Apple>About This Mac>More Info>Service
Please read the warranty paperwork that came w/your computer.
You have 14 days to return the computer w/no questions asked.
You have 90 days of FREE phone tech support on top of your standard 1 year warranty unless you also purchased AppleCare which gives you an additional 2 years of coverage plus FREE phone support.
Strongly suggest that you take FULL advantage of the above before it runs out. Let Apple deal w/the problems.
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