JDK-8160696 : IllegalArgumentException: adding a component to a container on a different GraphicsDevice
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 7u67
  • Priority: P3
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Submitted: 2016-06-30
  • Updated: 2018-02-08
  • Resolved: 2016-08-12
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Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-8003398 - IllegalArgumentException: adding a container to a container on a different GraphicsDevice
Relates :  
JDK-8164119 - MoveToOtherScreenTest fails due wrong key attribute
Description
In Java 7 and 8, when you move a Java application to different monitor and
add a Component to a Container on another graphics device, without explicitly
removing the Component from its previous parent, the application crashes:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a container to a container on a
different GraphicsDevice
at java.awt.Component.checkGD(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.checkGD(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTabbedPane.insertTab(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JTabbedPane.addTab(Unknown Source)

See this NetBeans issue for more details and sample code to reproduce:
http://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=222051

A workaround is turning off Direct3D.

This issue does not occur with Java 6.