I may be wrong about this, but I believe AWT and Swing componenets are
NOT supposed to be mixed like that (layered, that is), unless you want
the AWT components to always be on top. This is because (correct me if
I'm wrong, someone, but I vaguely recall reading this on one of those
Swing tutuorials on developer.javasoft.com) AWT components use native
peers which always bully out your "lightweight", pure Java components.
It is a technical difficulty inherent in the difference between the way
the AWT and Swing components work (i.e., peer-based vs. non-peer-based).
Solutions?: Well, you could make your own "lightweight" Canvas (your own
JCanvas) by extending Canvas, I think. I'm not sure if or how this would
solve the problem, though, as all Swing components are subclasses of
Canvas as it is. Hmmm...
Shane
On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Chetan Kumar wrote:
>
> Hello, it is same old problem, I am sorry if it is repeated. I tried this.
>
> 1) Create a pulldown menu, JMenu.
> 2) Create a canvas, I did not find swing component for canvas, if there is
> please letme know.
> 3) Add canvas to JPanel,
> 4) Add JPanel and JMenu to Jframe.
>
> Now the problem is that when I activate the menu, the pulldown menu come
> behind the canvas. i.e some item of the menu are hidden behind the canvas.
>
> Any help ??
>
> with thanks
> -Chetan
>
>
