ANT Java dialogs appearing behind oXygen fix

Posted by on 08 May 2018 in Activity log

Pop up dialog boxes created from embedded Javascript in Ant were appearing behind oXygen, which wasn't very user friendly. I posted a ticket on the Oxygen forum (https://www.oxygenxml.com/forum/topic16346.html) and the solution suggested worked. Basically, I had to create an empty JFrame and then place the other dialog boxes on top of them. It slows down the process slightly, but I'd rather sacrifice speed for usability. Code below posted for future reference:


                //Create a new Jframe

                var frame = new javax.swing.JFrame();

                

                //Set it on top

                frame.setAlwaysOnTop( true );

                

                //Set location

                frame.setLocationByPlatform( true );

                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);

                

                //Close it when it closes

                frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(javax.swing.JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);

                

                //No decoration

                frame.setUndecorated(true);

                

                //Display it

                frame.pack();

                frame.setVisible(true);

                

                //Now get the inputter for the message

                var inputter = new javax.swing.JOptionPane();

                

                //Put the dialog there and show the message with the frame as its parent.

                var message = javax.swing.JOptionPane.showInputDialog(frame, "Please enter a short message summarizing what you did today.");

                

                //If the message is empty, break.

                if (message.isEmpty()){

                    javax.swing.JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "No message entered. Aborting.");

                    throw "Process cancelled. Aborting!";

                }

                

                //Set the message property in ANT

                project.setProperty("message", message);

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