On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 20:42:26 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <k...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>>> > Fix is to set allowsAutomaticWindowTabbing to No for all the MacOS >>> > release staring from 10.12. >>> > The allowsAutomaticTabbing was introduced in MacOS 10.12 but the default >>> > value changed in macos11. >>> >>> But why the option setAllowsAutomaticWindowTabbing=yes does not work? Why >>> the nswindow in JDK is so specific? >> >> As per my understanding we don't have support for opening window in a new >> Tab.And also it is always not a good idea to open in new Tab as the dialog >> size could be different. Similar fix is done for >> JavaFX(https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/440) and for other >> application(like SPSS) it is advised to set System Preference -> General -> >> Prefer tabs to never. > > Without this fix, owned windows will open in a new window and new top level > windows will open in a tab. As I discovered when evaluating > [JDK-8263169](https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8263169), which > @trebari referred to, if you open a modal window that isn't a child window of > some other window, it can lead to strange behavior when you try to tab > between them. Also, if the size of a new window is different, it will resize > the shared frame that both windows use, and not restore it when you click the > tab to go back to the other window. > > Without some sort of API support to give the application a choice (i.e., to > "opt in" to the tabbing behavior), I think it makes the most sense to do what > we did for JavaFX and what Tejpal proposed to do here. It should be possible to create an automated robot test for this. I did this for the JavaFX fix by popping up two top level windows in different locations and verifying that I could click a button in each window. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/3407
