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

[Philip Race]

+1 from me.

-phil.

On 3/15/17, 10:47 AM, Alexander Zvegintsev wrote:
>
> 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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