Re: working in background

From:

"Andrew Thompson" <u32984@uwe>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.java.programmer

Date:

Sun, 06 May 2007 13:11:27 GMT

Message-ID:

<71c5a4378fe3b@uwe>

dvdsum wrote:
...
Note that starting a new thread with a subject like
"always in front of every windows" would make
more sense. Please start a new subject in future.

How can I do to achieve a windows that behaves like Task Manager for
Windows? It's always in front of every windows even though I change
focus on other application.

..but since we're here.

<sscce>
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;

class AlwaysOnTop {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      for (int ii=0; ii<8; ii++) {
         JFrame f = new JFrame("Frame " + (ii+1) );
         f.setLocation( ii*20,ii*10 );
         f.setDefaultCloseOperation(
            JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
         f.setSize( 250,100 );
         f.getContentPane().setBackground(
            new Color(255-(ii*10), ii*30, 255) );
         f.setVisible(true);
         if (ii%2==0) {
            // the important bit..
            f.setAlwaysOnTop(true);
            f.setTitle( f.getTitle() + " - ON TOP!" );
            f.setDefaultCloseOperation(
               JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE );
         }
      }
   }
}
</sscce>

HTH

--
Andrew Thompson
http://www.athompson.info/andrew/

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