MODELESS Type
The following is an example to set JDialog with Modality type MODELESS −
Example
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Dialog.ModalityType;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class SwingDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(new Dimension(600, 400));
JDialog dialog = new JDialog(frame, "New",ModalityType.MODELESS);
dialog.setSize(300, 300);
frame.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Click to generate") {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
frame.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
dialog.setVisible(true);
}
}));
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
Output
Now, click on it to generate a new Dailog. You can close both the dialog at any time since it is Modeless −
Model Dialog
The following is an example for model Dialog −
Example
import java.awt.Cursor;
import java.awt.Dialog.ModalityType;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class SwingDemo {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setSize(new Dimension(600, 400));
JDialog dialog = new JDialog(frame, "New",ModalityType.APPLICATION_MODAL);
dialog.setSize(300, 300);
frame.add(new JButton(new AbstractAction("Click to generate") {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
frame.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR));
dialog.setVisible(true);
}
}));
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
Output
Now, click on it to generate a new Dailog. You cannot close both the dialog at any time since it isn’t Modeless. You have to first close the new Dialog, the you will be able to close the first −