Bug ID: JDK-4167266 Modal dialogs should be modal per AppContext

Type: Enhancement
Component: client-libs
Sub-Component: java.awt
Affected Version: 1.2.0,1.3.0

Priority: P4
Status: Resolved
Resolution: Fixed
OS: generic
CPU: generic

Submitted: 1998-08-18
Updated: 2005-05-21
Resolved: 2005-05-21

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JDK 6
6 b38Fixed

Currently, modal dialogs are modal AWT-wide, so if a modal dialog is displayed,
no input is allowed to any windows other than the dialog box.

Instead, modal dialogs should be modal AppContext-wide, so if a modal dialog is
displayed, no input is allowed to any other windows in that AppContext.

EVALUATION This bug appears to be a duplicate of 4178473 "Dialogs needs modality which blocks input only to owner window" tim.bell@Eng 1999-06-24 No, those are two very different concepts. The bugs are not duplicates. david.mendenhall@eng 1999-06-24 We have an API proposal for addressing this (http://javaweb.eng/~dpm/modal.txt), but it is currently on the back-burner. Committing to tiger for now. david.mendenhall@eng 2000-02-16 Implemented as a part of 4080029. ###@###.### 2005-05-04 11:43:48 GMT

16-02-2000

Duplicate :	JDK-4318404 - Modal dialogs do not behave as documented even in separate AppContexts
Relates :	JDK-4080029 - Modal Dialog block input to all frame windows not just its parent.
Relates :	JDK-4178473 - Dialogs needs modality which blocks input only to owner window