Re: Popups and Dialogs

From:
Knute Johnson <nospam@rabbitbrush.frazmtn.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Tue, 26 May 2009 09:22:46 -0700
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Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

Knute Johnson wrote:

Dirk Bruere at NeoPax wrote:

I want to do a popup keyboard on an app.
Using Dialog box works fine, except I don't want the title bar - I'll
close it using a dedicated button. Any way of suppressing the title
bar, or alternative neat way of doing this?


Use a JWindow instead of a Dialog box.


Can't find that on Netbeans. Any reason for that?


Don't use it so I have no clue but I find that very surprising.

Also, I want to alter the text on each key depending on whether
shift(lock) is active or not. Which means (apparently) calling repaint()
on each key in turn when shift is pressed. Any shortcuts for that?


So you are writing an on screen keyboard that requires somebody to press
the CapsLock key? Why don't you just put the CapsLock key on your on
screen keyboard? Or if this is a windows project, just use the really
nice one that comes with the OS.

If you really need to trap keystrokes for non-input components, take a
look at InputMap and the related tutorials.

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