Hi, I'm not sure if this is a bug or this is the way it should work, but when I display a non-modal dialog, Dialog.setVisible() blocks the calling thread until the dialog is closed. On windoze it blocks only on modal dialogs, but on Linux it blocks on both modal & non-modal. Why ? TIA. Cătălin CLIMOV ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]