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

[Philip Race]

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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