Tofront() method

how use method toFront() in order to full screen top start menu in windows.i make program billing kiosk, i used toFront(), but start menu still appear
thx

Maybe it's a bug in the LnF implementation (if it works the QAqua and not the other one).
Have you done a
this.setDefaultLookAndFeelDecorated(true); before the
this.setExtendedState(this.getExtendedState() | this.MAXIMIZED_BOTH); ?

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How to use " toFront() " method in java application and in which package or

How to use " toFront() " method in java application and in which package or class having this toFront() method.if anybody know pl. send example.

The API documentation has a link at the top of every page that says "Index". If you follow that and look for toFront(), you will find it exists in java.awt.Window and javax.swing.JInternalFrame.
To use it in a Java application, create an object x of either of those two classes and write "x.toFront();".

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JOptionPane dialog - always toFront

Is there any way to insure that a dialog issued from an application will
always come to front when executed from within an app?
I tried using the toFront() method of frame with mixed results...
If nothing is happening on desktop it seems to work but if I'm doing something
else it doesn't. I need this dialog to grab attention when executed
thanks for any help - JP

If you want the dialog to "stop" the application untill the user interacts in any way with the dialog and press some kind of "Acept" or "Cancel" button mke it modal:
new JDilog(frame_parent, true)
this line makes a modal (it's modal because of the second argument) dialog wich will be allways on top of the Frame frame_parent until it's disposed.
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[AIR] May I catch "bring window to front" event?

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I wonder who is responsible for bringing windows to front when user click on that window (application contains more Windows components inside). Is it operating system or AIR runtime? Or perhaps AIR runtime send event to operating system which does it? In this case there would be some chance to catch and stop propagation of that event not to let operating system bring that window to front. Am I right? Any idea how to do it?
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This thread explains my experiences with the toFront() method on Windows 98. It works, but only if the frame has been hidden for about 20 seconds.
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=426257

Bring window to front

I have a JFrame in my application and I want to bring to front to other frames in my application when some event occurs.
Any combination of frame.toFront(), frame.requestFocus(), frame.show(), frame.setVisible(true) didn't work.
Only this code worked:
frame.setExtendedState(frame.getExtendedState() | JFrame.ICONIFIED);
frame.setExtendedState(frame.getExtendedState() & ~JFrame.ICONIFIED);
But this isn't quite elegant as the window gets minimized and then normalized and a lot of graphics are generated :).
Plus using this code seems not always to work when using frame.requestFocus() after it.
Thanks,
Adrian.

This thread explains my experiences with the toFront() method on Windows 98. It works, but only if the frame has been hidden for about 20 seconds.
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?forum=57&thread=426257

JDialog not coming to front in Linux

Hello,
I'm writing an application that needs to show a dialog requesting user input
with a large set of rather complicated options several times, where the user needs to make a small change each time the dialog is shown. My code looks more or less like this:
// create a modal dialog
JDialog controlDialog = new JDialog(parent,title,true);
JPanel contentPanel = new JPanel()
// set up all the necessary inputs and buttons on the panel
// add the panel to the dialog
controlDialog.getContentPane.add()
// a loop to get the data
for (int i=0; i<nPoints; i++) {
controlDialog.toFront();
// stop and get the user input
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// process the results
}Under Windows, this does what I think it should - it shows the dialog 10 times, each time on top of all other windows. On Linux, it does not. The first time the dialog comes up on top. The next (and all the other times) it is at the bottom, hidden behind all the other windows in the screen, which is highly inconvenient. I'm using Sun JDK1.3.1 on Redhat Linux 7.0 with Gnome. What's wrong?
I can of course re-create the dialog every time, but given the number of inputs on it, saving and restoring its state is more trouble than I would like to deal with.
Thanks,
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I had a problem with this in the past and the issue was with the dialog's constructor with respect to the 'Parent Component'. In my experience the toFront() method only pertains to the component used when constructing the dialog. So if during the course of your user's input the dialog apears over more than one component (Frame/dialog) then the toFront() method may not work.
I had to resort to re-creating my dialog for each different frame/dialog it needed to appear over. This was no problem for me since my dialog was not very busy and it needed no state to be saved but I can understand how it would be a problem for you.
In my application there are two or more JFrame's visible at once and the dialogs with JFrame 1 as a parent aloways apear over JFrame 1 but are hidden by JFrame 2 and visa-versa. This seems to support my theory.
Again, in my experience, the only way to ensure a dialog apears on top of your application is to make sure that the component used as "Parent" in the Dialog's constructor is the component currently in control when the dialog needs to appear.

Mac OS X: Is there something like com.apple.eawt to set dock icon?

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I have expected that it can just be set with the stage.getIcons().add("icon") because that's the way how it works in Windows 7.
After I googled, I found that it can be done with a library: com.apple.eawt.
There are also other thing like bouncing icon in the dock:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15079783/how-to-make-my-app-icon-bounce-in-the-mac-dock
I would have guessed, that stage.toFront() would make it bounce, because in Windows 7 that method makes the application blink in the task bar (it's quite similar).
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Well ok, and what about some other methods?
I need to get the user's attention.
For Windows 7 I can use toFront() method.
For Mac I need this library, right?!
I think a feature request for something like javafx.application.Application#requestUserAttention() would be fine, no?
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Always On top: searched the forum

hi all
i am facing a common problem which every body seem to have faced. i need to make a dialog box appear on top of all the windows in Window XP platform. i have searched the forum and found a few solutions like using the toFront method and using setVisible method etc. Nothing has worked so far. if somebody has a solution, pls help.

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I'm creating a task management web app, that will be kept open in a tab, and used only when needed to update a your status, an I would like to bounce the icon when new task is assign to the user or other event regarding him occurs.
It would be also nice if I could some how let my application know if Firefox is currently in foreground so I could turn off the bounce of the icon.
And for it to be complete, it would be nice for my app to somehow let the user know that there was an activity it the tab ( to change somehow to color of the tab or use some sort of badge )
Of course, the dock bouncing or the change of the tab state should not take the focus of the users current application or move the focus from one tab to the tab of my web app.
P.S.
I know that I could do an alert() but this option is way to intrusive ( it probably does bounce the icon, but when in browser it takes the focus to my app tab and I hate that )
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Well ok, and what about some other methods?
I need to get the user's attention.
For Windows 7 I can use toFront() method.
For Mac I need this library, right?!
I think a feature request for something like javafx.application.Application#requestUserAttention() would be fine, no?
And I think stage.getIcons().add("icon") should also set the dock icon for Mac.

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How to blink/flash applet application in task bar. Is posible in java?
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Not in Java proper, since there is no platform-independent way to do it. You can use the java.awt.Window.toFront() method, but it's probably not what you were thinking.
edit:
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Problem making the front JFrame active after switch ?

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I have two JFrames : a full screen JFrame and a little one where I insert some infos ( I use it like a JDialog). The problem is that when my full screen window is the front window, I cannot see the little one anymore; so I made a little Window menu that helps switching from one window to another. I use the show() method to bring the little window to front. This works, but the problem is that this window is not active, it is said I have to click on it to make it active. I also tried to use the toFront() method, but I have not more success unfortunately (I even tried to first invoke the toFront() and then show() and vice versa). Why does this happen and how can I make the window directly active without having to click on it ??
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Can not find root frame.

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I need to create a dialog in my applet application which will show some info if certain mouse events are performed on applet.
This dialog needs to be on top of the applet. So I have set it's parent frame from method below.
I pass applet as a argument to the method.
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If your only need is to show dialog in front, u do not need
to search for frame: u can simply attach a WindowListener to
your dialog and in windowActivated method u can invoke toFront()
Note that under Windows OS also dialog that has a parent
Frame in some situations stays in back; for example:
with your dialog shown in front of your frame
1) Click in window's taskbar a button of another application to show
it, (outlook, for example)
2) Click in windows taskbar your Frame button to show it
3) Note that your dialog statys back
The only way for user to replace it in front is using Ctrl + TAB key;
the only way that I found to solve this problem is using a singleton
that stores my visible window's pointer and invokes for toFront()
method.
Hope this help
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How to put a JFrame on the top of all other applications

when some message is received, I want to put an existing JFrame on the top of all other applications. So that the user knows that some message has arrived.
I tried toFront(), but it blinks the JFrame on the taskbar never comes on the top of other application.
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On Windows 98 the toFront() method works, but maybe not exactly how you expected.
There seems to be a delay of about 20 seconds.
If your frame has not been active within the last twenty seconds then the frame is displayed when the toFront() is used.
If the frame has been active within the last 20 seconds then the icon will flash.
I believe this behaviour is to prevent frames from poping up all the time. Here is a simple program that shows this behaviour:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.swing.*;
public class FrameToFront
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        frame.setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
        frame.setSize(200, 200);
        frame.setLocationRelativeTo( null );
        frame.setVisible(true);
        int delay = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
        final Timer timer = new Timer(delay, new ActionListener()
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
                System.out.println(new Date());
                frame.toFront();
        timer.start();
}After you start the program click on the dos window to hide the frame. Try the following two cases:
java FrameToFront 5000
java FrameToFront 20000

JDialog owner

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I am now writing a feature that allows the user to view & manipulate data in popup windows (frames). None or several such popup windows may be opened at any time.
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Hi,
Thank you for your reply.
However, I already tried it with little success.
The toFront method shifts focus to the dialog therefore by bringing it toFront (invoking toFront on it) each time another application window gains focus (is moved to front) I make it the only active application window.
Unless I have missed something here, this won�t work for me.
Regards,

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