>>>>> Robert P Biuk-Aghai writes:
Robert> I suspect it's a window manager problem. Which wm do you
Robert> use? I too have noticed problems that I believe to be wm
Robert> problems. In my case, using fvwm, when I start an
Robert> application (extending JFrame from Swing 1.0.2) with a
Robert> menubar it is placed at position 0,0. When I click on a
Robert> menu in the menubar, the menu is displayed aligned with
Robert> the top edge of the menubar, which is also the top edge of
Robert> the JFrame's internal area, rather than being aligned with
Robert> the bottom edge of the menubar. This has unpleasant side
Robert> effects when clicking on the menu and releasing the mouse
Robert> button, as this is taken as a mouse click on whatever menu
Robert> item (mostly the first one) that is displayed in the menu
Robert> at that position), rather than posting the menu below the
Robert> mouse cursor awaiting user selection. However, when I move
Robert> the window around, even back to 0,0, it works fine.
Robert> Any advice on this one, or do I just have bear it with patience?
Try swing 1.0.3 and 1.1.7-v1a.
Juergen