Can you paste in the background of this thread? It's kind of hard to follow without it. Thanks.
On Mar 5, 2011, at 2:48 AM, mukadobo wrote: > Not quite what I want... > > I, too, can get multiple windows, and by sending a new java.awt.Frame as the > owner argument to DesktopAplicationContext.createDisplay(...) I get a new > window that stacks independently from my main application window > <hooray!>. > > BUT - There is no minimization capability. Not only can't I minimize the > secondary display frame (not even programmatically, say within a button > Action), it doesn't even "auto minimize" with the main application window > (which makes sense since I'm specifically trying to avoid a parent > relationship to eliminate stacking restrictions). This leaves me with a > "permanently raised" window on the screen (unless I close/terminate/kill > it). The best solution I constructed is to have an in-window button whose > Action delegate does this: > > ((MainWindow) > source.getWindow()).getDisplay().getHostWindow().setVisible(false); > > > (Which complifikates my application by requiring some other window, e.g. the > "truly main window", to be able to turn the visibility back on. I suppose > this could be handled using a DisplayListener delegate - but that all seems > so... well, complifikated... <sigh>.) > > I think whole state of affairs is because Pivot is using an extension of > java.awt.Dialog (the HostDialog) as the basis for the Display. (Is this to > make it work consistently between desktop and applet?). > > Needless to say, the situation is quite annoying <grrr>. I have no > concern about applets for this application (at least not yet). I hope > there's something I'm doing wrong or have missed or misunderstood or some > secret sauce you can share... > > TIA > > PS - Despite this frustration, I'm liking Pivot very much. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-pivot-users.399431.n3.nabble.com/How-to-open-two-windows-tp2022668p2637226.html > Sent from the Apache Pivot - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
