JDK-4303256 : Way to create a window always on top
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: client-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.awt
  • Affected Version: 1.3.0,1.4.2,5.0
  • Priority: P4
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic,windows_xp
  • CPU: generic,x86
  • Submitted: 2000-01-07
  • Updated: 2003-10-31
  • Resolved: 2003-10-31
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5.0 tigerFixed
Related Reports
Duplicate :  
JDK-4615492 - Swing window 'stay on top' feature
Relates :  
JDK-5028924 - AlwaysOnTop(RFE #4303256) don't work on linux flavours & solaris with XToolkit
Description

Name: skT88420			Date: 01/07/2000

It would be great if you could specify a JFrame or JDialog to be set to "Always
On Top".  I currently use JNI to accomplish this by passing in the window
title, finding the win handle and setting it to be "Always On Top" -- of course
this doesn't work with JDialog or at least I haven't found a way to do it with a
JDialog yet.  Anyway, it would be a very nice feature to any large application.
(Review ID: 99716) 
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Comments
CONVERTED DATA BugTraq+ Release Management Values COMMIT TO FIX: tiger FIXED IN: tiger INTEGRATED IN: tiger
14-06-2004
WORK AROUND Name: skT88420 Date: 01/07/2000 JNI ======================================================================
11-06-2004
EVALUATION It's a good idea. We should consider it for a future release. In order to do it right, we would want to make it a more general Z-Order API for top-levels (as opposed to components inside a Container). We might also want to combine this with a rewrite of modality. ###@###.### 2002-09-23 We did this in Tiger (see also 4632143). However, we did not implement a general Z-Order API for top-levels, although we did implement a Z-Order API for components inside a Container. ###@###.### 2003-10-31
31-10-2003