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I think you can use JLayeredPane which allows dipslay components over
components.

     layer=this.getRootPane().getLayeredPane();
     cc=new XPanel();
    cc.add more compoents
     layParent.add(cc,JLayeredPane.POPUP_LAYER,0);
    cc.setBounds(x,y,w,h);
    cc.setVisible(true);





"Steve Swett" <swett@ncats.net> wrote in message news:3a6377a0_2@dnews...
> In an applet:
>
> My main pane shows information about a student, including a list of
parental
> contacts in a JTable.  When the user double-clicks a parent's name, I'd
like
> to display a new window that is centered on the screen, but is a bit
smaller
> than the main pane.  The only things in the new window would be several
> label components and an OK button.  After the user would view the
> information and press an OK button, the pop-up window would go away and
the
> main pane would be shown once again.
>
> What is the best way to do something like that?  I'm pretty new with Java,
> so I don't know whether I should be looking at a dialog, option pane, or a
> card layout solution.  (or something else)
>
> TIA
>
>