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Re: Frame shows in front of Taskbar

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From: Max Polk
Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 00:00
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> Dana Scott Kaufman wrote in message <3640D8D7.B53C986A@geocities.com>...
> If you create a frame that is large enough to cover the Taskbar in
> Windows 95 or NT, the frame will show up in front of the Taskbar.  All
> other Windows programs display their windows behind the Taskbar.  Has
> anyone else seen this problem?
>
> I tested it under JBuilder and also JDK 1.1.7.  It is annoying because
> the user is unable to get to the Taskbar unless they minimize the Frame.

Not true -- the user can press the magic windows key (between Ctrl and 
Alt if it is there) or can always use Ctrl-Esc to bring up the taskbar.

I have a 800x600 JFrame that indeed covers the whole screen as it should.  
Windows itself (not Java related at all!) allows applications like 
install programs and other things to cover the taskbar area.

It's kind of like the user saying: I DON'T CARE if the user wants the 
taskbar on top -- MY APPLICATION NEEDS THE WHOLE SCREEN!  So Windows 
obliges and gives you the whole screen.  That is a fault of the 
application designer making it such a big hog that it has to cover even 
that little strip on the bottom!  It has nothing to do with Java or 
Jbuilder.
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Subject: Re: Frame shows in front of Taskbar
Date: 1998/11/06
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