Force one JFrame to always be on top of another

Question

I want to have a JFrame that is always on top of another 'parent' frame but not always on top of everything

I have attempted to use:

JInternalFrame -- doesn't work because I have to use JDesktopPane which is unnaceptable because the parent frame relies on a Border layout.
JFrame with setAlwaysOnTop(true) -- doesn't work because I only want it to be on top of its parent frame

I'm imagining a method like setAlwaysOnTopOf(JFrame parent). Is there a way to do this?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '13 at 18:31

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I want to have a JFrame that is always on top of another 'parent' frame

Applications should only contain a single JFrame. If you need a child window then use a (modal?) JDialog and specify the frame as the parent.

answered Jul 31 '13 at 18:31

camickr

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Thank you! A _non_-modal dialog ended up being exactly what I needed! For confused people like me, a missing piece to making the dialog is `new JDialog(SwingUtilities.windowForComponent(this));`. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7584646/how-to-hide-jdialog-from-japplet-when-user-switch-browser-tab – chessofnerd Aug 01 '13 at 13:26

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 31 '13 at 18:32

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that depends on which container you are using... bind your jFrame to the container.. try with add method..

answered Jul 31 '13 at 18:32

kAmol

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