Disabling JavaFX minimise/maximise/etc buttons

[Artem Ananiev]

On 7/24/2013 12:34 AM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
> Hi Werner,
>
> On 07/23/2013 03:19 PM, Werner Lehmann wrote:
>> On 23.07.2013 12:39, Artem Ananiev wrote:
>>> To me, making a window non-resizable is a good way to make the window
>>> unmaximizable. Do you see any cases, when a window should be resizable,
>>> but not maximizable?
>>
>> I create resizable modal dialogs on a frequent basis. To me, sizability
>> is a convenience for the user. At the same time, modal dialogs should
>> not be maximized. My opinion.
>
> I don't agree. IMO, it's annoying when I'm able to resize a window
> freely but unable to maximize it. This just doesn't look logical or
> convenient.

+1

>>> Unminimizable windows are annoying. If we disable that, we'll likely get
>>> some weirdness, e.g. Win+M or Win+D on Windows will leave the window on
>>> the desktop, which is not what users expect.
>>
>> Minimizing a modal dialog does not achieve much because the owning
>> window is still blocked. Unless that window is minimized along. At least
>> Windows usually disables the window decoration buttons of the owning
>> window though.
>
> Indeed. I was thinking about implementing the behavior that OS X
> provides for native windows: if you iconify an owned modal dialog, its
> owner gets iconified as well. This looks very convenient. We might try
> to implement this in Glass for other platforms as well. Or
> alternatively, we could provide an API to disable window iconification.

Modal dialogs are (or should be) used to get some input from user. 
Window closing confirmation is a good example. Application cannot 
proceed further, until it have the input, so it doesn't make sense to 
minimize the modal dialog and leave application in the "suspended" state.

Thanks,

Artem

> --
> best regards,
> Anthony