<AWT Dev> [9] Review request for 8176528: Progress state for window is not displayed in taskbar

[Alexander Zvegintsev]

How about that version?

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~azvegint/jdk/9/8176528/04/

Thanks,
Alexander.

On 15/03/2017 20:18, Philip Race wrote:
>
> Even if all we can add (to what is already proposed) is
> "whether an icon for a window is displayable in the task bar is
> dependent on all of window type, platform, and implementation"
> then I think that clearer than the current words which could be
> misinterpreted as meaning something like addressing that
> if you call hide() then of course it disappears ..
>
> -phil.
>
> On 3/15/17, 10:02 AM, Sergey Bylokhov wrote:
>>>>>> It is not necessary, if the frame has utility type.
>>>>>
>>>>> So can we say this with that qualification ?
>>>>
>>>> This is also implementation detail, that such windows are not 
>>>> visible in taskbar. This is not specified anywhere and can be 
>>>> changed in the future.
>>>
>>> If this is consistent in our current implementation on all platforms 
>>> then
>>> there is no problem making this part of the spec and changing the 
>>> spec in
>>> the future if that changes.
>>
>> It was not implemented on systems other than windows, so if we change 
>> the signature we will not be able implement/change this on linux/osx.
>>
>>>
>>> We have to say something. I can't agree the current words are enough.
>>
>> What is wrong in the current wording? If the element is not visible 
>> in taskbar we cannot show something on top of it. We never specified 
>> when something is visible/non-visible in taskbar.
>> We can update the words, but it will be good to use current methods 
>> signatures.
>>
>>
>>> -phil.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - Dialogs are always visible if they have no owner
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is implementation details on windows. I am not sure why it 
>>>>>> was implemented this way, is it really intended behavior or not.
>>>>>
>>>>> So we'd have to say its platform and implementation dependent
>>>>> and add an implNote for audiences other than JCK.
>>>>
>>>> Not sure that we can describe all the cases when it works.
>>>>
>>>> To me the description like «Has no effect if this window is not 
>>>> visible in the task area.» is enough because it also covered the 
>>>> case when the window is invisible.
>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> - All other cases (eg Window) are platform dependent ?
>>>>>>>  Or can we say for the latter, other descendants of Window 
>>>>>>> (including
>>>>>>>   Window itself) are never visible ?
>>>>>>
>>>>> What about the last point ?
>>>>
>>>> It depends from the implementation.
>>>>
>>>
>>

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