JDesktopPane in a UIWindow?

[aNt]

Anyone no how to get it working? i get:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: adding a window to a container

Maybe im pushing the Xith swing angle a little to far?

here me code- nice and simple:

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public class InternalFrame extends UIWindow {   public InternalFrame(int width, int height, boolean includeExitButton) {     super(width, height, true, true);         JDesktopPane desktop = new JDesktopPane();     desktop.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);         JFrame j = new JFrame("hello there");     j.setBounds(30, 30, 200, 400);     j.setVisible(true);         desktop.add(j);         setRoot(desktop);   } }

[StefanD2]

That's a swing only question:

You cannot add a JFrame to a JComponent. That is impossible. The other way around works if you use

1	yourJFrame.getContentPane.add(yourJComponent);

In your case you can only use any subclass of JComponent  to add to your DesktopPane.

If you need a frame like structure take JInternalFrame which is a subclass of JComponent and is a lightweight version to support features like JFrame.

[aNt]

thought it maybe. thanks for the reply dude. but i get nothing at all showing when i do it this way:

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JDesktopPane desktop = new JDesktopPane();     desktop.setDragMode(JDesktopPane.OUTLINE_DRAG_MODE);     JInternalFrame jif = new JInternalFrame("hello there");     jif.setBounds(0, 0, 200, 200);     jif.setVisible(true);     jif.show();         desktop.add(jif);     setRoot(desktop);

see anthing im doing wrong? i been messing with this for awhile and think im just being a muppet..

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[StefanD2]

When I tried my first steps with swing & xith  for the first time it was not working but after that I set any bounds of any object - that is all parent objects of your internal frame should have them set also.

If that does not help you may try a simpler example without internal frames and desktop pane.  A simple jpanel should work (maybe add a label also).

PS: I remember not having success when trying to move internal frames on the UIOverlay. Event handling is not as expected (the canvas always want to be the receiver/originator of events - had a hard time when making a workaround for textfields WITH real working eventlisteners - thread Prob with Xith, Swing, textfield + listeners http://www.java-gaming.org/cgi-bin/JGNetForums/YaBB.cgi?board=xith3d;action=display;num=1079039524). The other way around seems easier (Xith within swing gui: see thread "Xith and Swing ")

BTW: as far as I know show and setVisible are equal (though show is deprecated).

[aNt]

cool it was a setBounds thing.. i should have spotted that. cheers.. and more importently thanks for the pointer to Events. sounds like alot of hassle awaiting me there next .. me internalFrames are there now.. but with no events being passed for draging them. and them events as u say are just being passed directly to xith..

thanks again