JDK-4094035 : Setting an icon for dialog
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version:
    1.1.2,1.1.3,1.1.4,1.1.5,1.2.0,1.3.0,6 1.1.2,1.1.3,1.1.4,1.1.5,1.2.0,1.3.0,6
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS:
    generic,windows_95,windows_nt,windows_2000 generic,windows_95,windows_nt,windows_2000
  • CPU: generic,x86
  • Submitted: 1997-11-19
  • Updated: 2005-07-28
  • Resolved: 1998-04-09
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1.1.7 b01Fixed 1.2.0Fixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4073551 - setIconImage changes the icon for the frame but not its dialog children
Duplicate :  
JDK-4076562 - Icons appearing in Dialog boxes.
Duplicate :  
JDK-4084678 - iconImage not propagated from Frame to Dialog
Duplicate :  
JDK-4224082 - Do not show the icon in JDialog caption.
Relates :  
JDK-4913618 - Dialog doesn't inherits icon from its parent frame
Description

Name: ccC48265			Date: 11/19/97


Frames have a setIcon method to change the top left icon of the window.
But in dialogs, there is no way to change the dialog icon.
(Review ID: 20396)
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Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: generic FIXED IN: 1.1.7 1.2beta4 INTEGRATED IN: 1.1.7 1.2beta4
14-06-2004
WORK AROUND Name: ccC48265 Date: 11/19/97 ======================================================================
11-06-2004
PUBLIC COMMENTS Dialogs in Win32 do not generally have icons. Changed so that non-resizable dialogs never have icons, and resizable dialogs inherit icons from their owner frame or dialog. Calling setIconImage on a Frame will propagate the icon to all it's resizable dialogs (and in turn their Dialog's if in 1.2 where Dialogs can own other Dialogs). This works even if the Dialog is already created and visible.
10-06-2004
EVALUATION There really shouldn't be an icon for a dialog. I've looked at a number of Windows apps, and almost none do this (since by default dialogs don't have icons). MS Outlook Express is the only app I could find that uses icons for dialogs. robi.khan@eng 1998-03-23 This is a Windows problem only. 1. Will not add Dialog.setIconImage API since it only applies to Windows and even then is non-standard. 2. The Windows UI guidelines for secondary windows state "the title bar does not include icons." Almost every app follows this rule. 3. Some Win32 apps do have an icon for resizable dialogs (also serves as nice hint of sizability). Windows UI guidelines are sketchy on resizable dialogs since they are not encouraged. In lieu of a Dialog.setIconImage call, resizable dialogs should get their icon from the frame. robi.khan@eng 1998-04-24
24-04-1998