Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!news-out.readnews.com!transit3.readnews.com!news-out.news.tds.net!newsreading01.news.tds.net!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "markspace" Subject: Re: Light Box Effect (2 Windows, 1 Smaller And Active Above Inactive Message-ID: <501D6355.56130.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-Comment-To: clusardi2k Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer In-Reply-To: <501D6354.56125.calajapr@time.synchro.net> References: <501D6354.56125.calajapr@time.synchro.net> X-FTN-AREA: COMP.LANG.JAVA.PROGRAMMER X-FTN-MSGID: 1:261/38 6938566e X-FTN-REPLY: 1:261/38 aea002e8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=IBM437 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gateway: time.synchro.net [Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98] Lines: 22 Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 18:41:45 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 69.21.70.65 X-Complaints-To: news@tds.net X-Trace: newsreading01.news.tds.net 1344105705 69.21.70.65 (Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:41:45 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:41:45 CDT Organization: tds.net Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:17170 To: clusardi2k From: markspace <-@.> On 8/4/2012 1:16 AM, clusardi2k@aol.com wrote: > Swing Hacks: Tips and Tools for Killer GUIs(1st Edition) by Joshua > Marinacci, Chris Adamson > So thanks for another shelf book, but I won't keep my fingers crossed > on me building the best of the best in this case. Yes, that's the book. When you get it, Hack #45, Animating a Sheet Dialog, is the one I am thinking of. It shows how to make an animation for a dialog as it appears and disappears. Similar to the Mac interface at the time it was written. I think you could use the same technique to grey the background and then display your dialog on top to make a lightbox. --- BBBS/Li6 v4.10 Dada-1 * Origin: Prism bbs (1:261/38) --- Synchronet 3.16a-Win32 NewsLink 1.98 Time Warp of the Future BBS - telnet://time.synchro.net:24