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Magnus wrote:
> Follow up on this issue:
> 
> I have a main-window that has a button to show all details for a 
> selected item in a list.
> 
> The window is defined as: public class ViewDetails extends JDialog {
> 
> The constructor opens this as modal=true;
> 
> While testing I had the ViewDetails opened over the main-window when I 
> selected to clear the desktop (i.e. no windows open). I then clicked in 
> the bottom toolbar to swap back to application and here is where the 
> problem occurred:
> 
> The process came back but the main-window was in front of the ViewDetail 
> window (that is smaller than the main-window). Since it was running in 
> modal, I could not move the main-window or get to the ViewDetail in any 
> way.
> 
> The way I got around this was to open another window (my browser) and 
> then the VIewDetail was put in front of the main-window. I minimized the 
> browser and could continue with my app.
> 
> Now, I can't write in the manual "if you can't see your window - open 
> another application and the window will appear ..."
> 
> Anyone has a solution for this behavior?
> 

Submarining modal windows are a problem with many Windows applications. 
  This is not necessarily a Java-specific issue.  I find a lot of 
install programs do something similar.

I generally use "Alt-Tab" to find these sorts of "hidden" windows, not 
opening another application...

You need to investigate/google focus issues and z-order issues with 
modal windows/dialogs.  These things tend to be very application 
specific, so a solution that worked for someone else may not work for 
your application.

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Regards,

Lori Olson [TeamB]

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