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JDialog minimizing

Hello,

I was wondering if the top level JDialog can have a minimize button ? I found how to do it for a JInternalFrame but I don't think I can use this as my top level window for the application (is this correct ?)

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ABConsole m_console = new ABConsole();
m_console.show();
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where :

ABConsole is

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public class ABConsole extends JDialog
{
.....
}
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what do I need to do to enable the "minimize" button in the title bar?

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kotan

try this,

public class ABConsole extends javax.swing.JDialog {

public ABConsole(java.awt.Frame parent, boolean modal) {
super(parent, modal);
initComponents();
}

private void initComponents() {
addWindowListener(new java.awt.event.WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
closeDialog(evt);
}
});

pack();
}

/** Closes the dialog */
private void closeDialog(java.awt.event.WindowEvent evt) {
setVisible(false);
dispose();
System.exit(1);
}

/**
* @param args the command line arguments
*/
public static void main(String args[]) {
new ABConsole(new javax.swing.JFrame(), true).show();
}
}

tomschuring1

ASKER

Hi Kotan, that just kills the whole dialog. I was looking for a minimize button.

tomschuring1

ASKER

perhaps it is 'abusing' the JDialog functionality. I decided to go with a Frame instead. thanks