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1. how to focus a JFrame?    stackoverflow.com

I am writing a small game, with one JFrame that holds the main game, and another JFrame that displays the score. the problem is, when I am done constructing them, the ...

2. Stop a jframe requesting focus    stackoverflow.com

I have a small application that updates the contents of a JFrame very quickly (many times per second) and on each update (I remove a component and then add a new ...

3. Java JFrame keeping focus when visible    stackoverflow.com

I am not sure if I have set the right title for this post - so it is possible that there's already a post for what I am looking for, if ...

4. Is it possible to bring JFrame to front but NOT focus?    stackoverflow.com

I'm writing a Java app (Swing GUI) that periodically pops up a JFrame. Is it possible somehow to bring the window to front (foo.setAlwaysOnTop(true) would be even better) but without having it ...

5. How do I use requestFocus in a Java JFrame GUI?    stackoverflow.com

I am given an assignment but I am totally new to Java (I have been programming in C++ and Python for two years). So we are doing GUI and basically we extended ...

6. How to restrict the focus of JFrame in Swing?    stackoverflow.com

I have a parent JFrame it contain a JButton. functionality of that button is to open another window. I want to restrict the focus of window, means after closing the second window's ...

7. Blink jframe in swing without transferring focus    stackoverflow.com

I want to blink my jframe's entry in taskbar but do not want it to get focused. I read about in on net and tried different solutions but none of them ...

8. Why does my Jframe GUI only steal focus from Microsoft Outlook?    bytes.com

Hey guys, I created a GUI that updates every time a new line is added to some file. If I have the GUI in the background and have focus on other ...

9. JFrame focus    coderanch.com

Hi All, I have tried to find a solution to the focus problem , but none of them seem to match my criteria. I have 2 Jframes ,FrameA is the enquiry screen , which calls FrameB. Once FrameB is visible it should have the focus and I don't wan't FrameA to take focus , even if the mouse is clicked on ...





10. JFrame & FocusListener    coderanch.com

11. How to create another JFrame that you can not leave focus on    coderanch.com

I am trying to create a small program that will allow me to adjust the program options. It should open up a new JFrame when the option is clicked from the JMenu. Like most settings options that window will be open, and you can not switch back to the main window unless you click close or cancel from that new window ...

12. JFrame focus    coderanch.com

Hi, I have two co-dependent JFrames. A button in Frame1 opens up Frame2, and Frame2 accepts some input. The input in frame2 has some calculations done on it after a click event on frame1. The calculations are based on the location clicked in frame1. What happens by default is; frame2 opens up, I give it some input, and then when I ...

13. Keeping two JFrames always in focus while the other JFrame is worked on    coderanch.com

Hello, I have an application that opens three windows(JFrames)- The main window is for a drawing canvas. When I work on the drawing canvas I would like to see the other two JFrames. When I work on the canvas now - anytime I do something the other two JFrames are swallowed by the drawing canvas. Kind regards, Kieran

14. Shortcut key to set focus on JFrame    coderanch.com

My problem is that i want to create a shortcut key or shortcut key combination like Alt+Tab. I would like to know if i can create a shortcut key, so that from anywhere, both when focus is on a desktop or if another program, pressing this key will make my jframe pop up to the foreground. Is this at all possible? ...

16. Maintain focus on JFrame    java-forums.org

I need to invoke a JDialog on keypressing F1 to display help in my Swing application. I wrote a KeyListener for my main frame after setting the focus to it (i.e. by using myFrame.setFocusable(true) ) The problem arises that I need to be able to invoke the Help JDialog even when the current focus would be on another components in my ...





17. How to set a JFrame as focus    java-forums.org

Hey there, I'm developing a GUI and wish to set an options frame as the focus so that you cannot click on the main window whilst the options frame is up. I've tried setFocusable(true) and requestFocus() but neither seem to work. I've had a look at the api and can't find anything myself. Thanks in advance!

18. Stop JFrame from requesting focus so parent creating JFrame has focus    java-forums.org

How can I transfer focus from new Jframe back to parent object that created JFrame when you can not pass reference of parent to JFrame? Parent A creates new JFrame B that gains focus but does not have reference to parent A to allow B to getARef and transfer focus to A with A.requestFocus() method

19. JFrame Losing Focus?    forums.oracle.com

frame2 can made final and then within the actionlistener requestFocus(), but this whole set up smells a little odd. Are you sure that you want to dispose of frame1? Would you rather have frame1 be a JFrame whose contentPane can change perhaps with a CardLayout, and frame2 actually be a non-modal JDialog?

20. How to prevent JFrame from taking focus away from a CLI?    forums.oracle.com

Hi, I am lack the savvy, and have very likely picked an .. uncommon approach, but is it possible to prevent a JFrame from stealing the focus from my terminal command line interface? I started developing a text based network simulator, but then discovered the JUNG library, that allowed me to visualize what I was doing with realtime animation. So I ...

21. check the focus of JFrame    forums.oracle.com

The problem is a bit more complicated. Imagin you have seven small Jframes in front of you and one J Frame Below that, which is a contoller. The controller has to perform action on the active frame (one in focus), but when the user clicks on the controller. the controller itself becomes the active frame, and all the 7 become deactive... ...