<AWT Dev> [7uX] Review request for 8010721: In JDK7 the menu bar disappears when a Dialog is shown

[Vladislav Karnaukhov]

On 3/25/2013 03:51 PM, Leonid Romanov wrote:
> Hi,
> Is this the code that is present in JDK 8 but is absent in JDK 7?
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/awt/jdk/diff/094c963dca1b/src/macosx/native/sun/awt/AWTWindow.m
Yes. Is it a part of some fix/improvement? Did it target a problem 
similar to that I'm working on?

Should we port it into jdk7?

Regards,
- Vlad

>
>
> On 3/25/2013 6:01 PM, Vladislav Karnaukhov wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> please review an initial version of the fix for 8010721.
>>
>> This solution doesn't handle a situation when a modal dialog is shown.
>> In this case we should disable a menu bar' items. My fix doesn't do
>> this. I would welcome a suggestion on how we could track a window that
>> loses its "key" status.
>>
>> I know that in jdk8 we track the last key window, however in jdk7 this
>> code is absent. Would it be feasible to introduce this code into jdk7?
>> The issue is reproducible in jdk8 too BTW, so definitely I'll forward
>> this fix into jdk8.
>>
>> jira: https://jbs.oracle.com/bugs/browse/JDK-8010721
>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vkarnauk/8010721/jdk7/webrev.00/
>>
>> Regards,
>> - Vlad
>