Popups and Dialogs

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

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?

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Dirk

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[Knute Johnson]

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.

 

[Dirk Bruere at NeoPax]

Use a JWindow instead of a Dialog box.

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

--
Dirk

http://www.transcendence.me.uk/ - Transcendence UK
http://www.theconsensus.org/ - A UK political party
http://www.onetribe.me.uk/wordpress/?cat=5 - Our podcasts on weird stuff

 

[Knute Johnson]

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.

 

[Mark Space]

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

At some point, you have to actually learn to program. Click on
New->Jform in NetBeans to make a new JFrame. Then when the view comes
up, click on the Source button, scroll to the start of the class
definition, double click on the world "JFrame" to select the whole word,
and type JWindow.