<AWT Dev> Review request for 8160570: [mac] modal dialog can skip the activation/focus events

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On 30.08.16 18:18, Anton Tarasov wrote:
>>> As I wrote in JIRA, the problem is caused by the fact that a native
>>> window (for a modal dialog) is shown before the peer starts to show.
>>> (This seems strange, and you can investigate the reason, I’m not aware)
>> Maybe because NSWindow.orderFrontRegardless() is called? Why it is
>> called on that moment and why the "Regardless" version is used?
>
> Well, I suggest a one-line fix, harmless from my point of view. And I'm
> pointing to a problematic spot alongside. I'd love to know why modal
> dialogs are shown that way, but I'm afraid there was a hidden reason.

I wonder how do you use this dialogs, because it is not possible to 
dispose or make them invisible. For example all tests should dispose all 
windows which were created in the test, and it seems impossible in the 
provided code, right(tested on latest jdk9)?

>> --Semyon
>>> The problem is thus specific to OSX.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Anton.
>>>
>>>> On 29 Aug 2016, at 19:30, Semyon Sadetsky
>>>> <semyon.sadetsky at oracle.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Anton,
>>>>
>>>> is it really OS X only problem? It seems on other platforms the peer
>>>> focusability is updated in the same way.
>>>>
>>>> --Semyon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 6/29/2016 9:04 PM, Anton Tarasov wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> Please review the fix:
>>>>>
>>>>> bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8160570
>>>>> webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ant/JDK-8160570/webrev.0
>>>>> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eant/JDK-8160570/webrev.0>
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is that a modal dialog can skip the activation/focus
>>>>> events on OSX.
>>>>> The fix is to cache the focusability state of the Window peer
>>>>> earlier, in its ctor.
>>>>> Please find more details in JIRA.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Anton.
>>
>


-- 
Best regards, Sergey.