Hi, We have received many complaints from our customers that the popups are not shown anymore after a period of time.
I have then created a simple piece of code that result in the error our customers get: package test; import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.Scene; import javafx.scene.layout.StackPane; import javafx.stage.Popup; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class TestFX extends Application { @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) { System.out.println("javafx.runtime.version: " + System.getProperties().get("javafx.runtime.version")); Stage stage = new Stage(); Scene scene = new Scene(new StackPane()); stage.setScene(scene); stage.show(); Popup popOver = new Popup(); for (int i = 0; i < 99999; i++) { popOver.show(scene.getRoot(), 1, 1); popOver.hide(); System.out.println(i); } } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } } I use javafx 16+8 If I run the code, it will result in error after various iterations: Exception in Application start method Exception in thread "JavaFX Application Thread" java.lang.NullPointerException at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.removeListener(ExpressionHelper.java:73) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.removeListener(ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.java:67) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.unbindOwnerFocusedProperty(PopupWindow.java:895) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.doVisibleChanged(PopupWindow.java:542) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow$1.doVisibleChanged(PopupWindow.java:111) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.stage.PopupWindowHelper.visibleChangedImpl(PopupWindowHelper.java:63) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.stage.WindowHelper.visibleChanged(WindowHelper.java:77) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window$12.invalidated(Window.java:1160) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.markInvalid(BooleanPropertyBase.java:110) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.set(BooleanPropertyBase.java:145) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:1187) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window.hide(Window.java:1212) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.hide(PopupWindow.java:486) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.lambda$new$0(PopupWindow.java:147) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.value.WeakChangeListener.changed(WeakChangeListener.java:86) at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$SingleChange.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:181) at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:80) at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node$TreeShowingPropertyReadOnly.invalidate(Node.java:8479) at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node.setTreeShowing(Node.java:8436) at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node.updateTreeShowing(Node.java:8427) at javafx.graphics/javafx.scene.Node.lambda$new$2(Node.java:1010) at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$Generic.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:360) at javafx.base/com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:80) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyBooleanPropertyBase.java:78) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyBooleanWrapper.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyBooleanWrapper.java:103) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.markInvalid(BooleanPropertyBase.java:111) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.set(BooleanPropertyBase.java:145) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:1187) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window.hide(Window.java:1212) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.stage.WindowPeerListener.closed(WindowPeerListener.java:105) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassWindowEventHandler.run(GlassWindowEventHandler.java:144) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassWindowEventHandler.run(GlassWindowEventHandler.java:40) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassWindowEventHandler.lambda$handleWindowEvent$4(GlassWindowEventHandler.java:176) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.runWithoutRenderLock(QuantumToolkit.java:412) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.GlassWindowEventHandler.handleWindowEvent(GlassWindowEventHandler.java:174) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.Window.handleWindowEvent(Window.java:1336) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.Window.notifyDestroy(Window.java:1250) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinWindow._close(Native Method) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.Window.close(Window.java:352) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinWindow.close(WinWindow.java:316) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.Application.terminate(Application.java:394) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.lambda$exit$13(QuantumToolkit.java:831) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.runWithRenderLock(QuantumToolkit.java:430) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.exit(QuantumToolkit.java:827) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$tkExit$16(PlatformImpl.java:614) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$12(PlatformImpl.java:474) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$10(PlatformImpl.java:447) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$11(PlatformImpl.java:446) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:96) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$runLoop$3(WinApplication.java:174) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:831) java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:78) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplicationWithArgs(LauncherImpl.java:464) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication(LauncherImpl.java:363) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:78) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at java.base/sun.launcher.LauncherHelper$FXHelper.main(LauncherHelper.java:1071) Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Exception in Application start method at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.launchApplication1(LauncherImpl.java:900) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication$2(LauncherImpl.java:195) at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:831) Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: could not create platform window at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.Window.<init>(Window.java:294) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinWindow.<init>(WinWindow.java:54) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.createWindow(WinApplication.java:219) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.WindowStage.initPlatformWindow(WindowStage.java:201) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.WindowStage.init(WindowStage.java:143) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.tk.quantum.QuantumToolkit.createTKPopupStage(QuantumToolkit.java:678) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.doVisibleChanging(PopupWindow.java:514) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow$1.doVisibleChanging(PopupWindow.java:107) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.stage.PopupWindowHelper.visibleChangingImpl(PopupWindowHelper.java:57) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.stage.WindowHelper.visibleChanging(WindowHelper.java:73) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window$12.invalidated(Window.java:1065) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.markInvalid(BooleanPropertyBase.java:110) at javafx.base/javafx.beans.property.BooleanPropertyBase.set(BooleanPropertyBase.java:145) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window.setShowing(Window.java:1187) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.Window.show(Window.java:1202) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.showImpl(PopupWindow.java:472) at javafx.graphics/javafx.stage.PopupWindow.show(PopupWindow.java:417) at test.TestFX.start(TestFX.java:35) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$9(LauncherImpl.java:846) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$12(PlatformImpl.java:474) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$10(PlatformImpl.java:447) at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:391) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$11(PlatformImpl.java:446) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:96) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method) at javafx.graphics/com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$runLoop$3(WinApplication.java:174) ... 1 more Exception running application test.TestFX B_ I have tried javafx version down to javafx 11 and the error always occurs at some point. I would consider this a very critical error. The workaround seems to just set the opacity to 0 instead of hide(), but still I expect this code to run until the end.. Venlig hilsen / best regards Troels Skytte Kaspersen Software Developer ASPECT4 Development EG A/S ∙ Finsensvej 3 ∙ 7430 Ikast T: +45 7013 2211 ∙ D: +45 7260 2235 F: +45 7013 2299 ∙ M: +45 2085 9209 E-mail: tr...@eg.dk<mailto:tr...@eg.dk> ∙ web: www.eg.dk<http://www.eg.dk> Read our Privacy Policy<https://global.eg.dk/about-eg/treatment-of-data/>