Note that opening multiple displays is only possible if you are deploying your application to the desktop. In a web browser, your application will still be constrained to the bounds of the applet. If you plan to deploy to the web as well, you are probably better off using a Sheet.
On Dec 5, 2010, at 10:47 AM, Greg Brown wrote: >> in my application I need to open a second window, a dialog, but I don't like >> the idea of having a dialog which ca be moved around only in the main >> window. Is it possible to open two windows? > > Pivot windows are all contained within a single display. If you are using > Pivot 2.0, you can open multiple displays, each of which is contained in a > native host window. See this example: > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/pivot/trunk/examples/src/org/apache/pivot/examples/displays/multiple_display_example.bxml > > Another option is to use a Sheet or Prompt instead of a Dialog or Alert. > These windows still only exist within the Pivot display, but they can't be > moved by the user, which may offer a better user experience depending on your > needs. > > G > >
