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Re: Messagebox on current desktop

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From	Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl>
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Subject	Re: Messagebox on current desktop
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Op Sunday 11 Jan 2015 05:04 CET schreef Arne Vajhøj:

> On 1/6/2015 5:38 PM, Cecil Westerhof wrote:
>> You can get a Messagebox with:
>> JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this,
>> "Message",
>> "Title",
>> JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE,
>> null);
>>
>> The problem is that I work with Linux and have several desktops.
>> The messagebox is displayed on the desktop where the program is
>> running. Is there a method to get the messagebox on the current
>> desktop?
>>
>> For example the program is running on desktop 3. I am working on
>> desktop 1. Instead of the messagebox displayed on desktop 3 (where
>> I will not see it), I want it displayed on desktop 1.
>
> Try something like:
>
> JFrame f = new
> JFrame(GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration());
> JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(f, "Test"); f.dispose();

Thanks, that does what I want.

-- 
Cecil Westerhof
Senior Software Engineer
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/cecilwesterhof

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Messagebox on current desktop Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-06 23:38 +0100
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2015-01-06 18:13 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com> - 2015-01-06 16:04 -0800
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:14 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:19 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 07:39 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 08:44 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 10:17 -0500
        Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 10:37 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:11 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:41 -0500
      Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:46 -0500
        Re: Messagebox on current desktop Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2015-01-07 09:49 -0500
  Re: Messagebox on current desktop Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2015-01-10 23:04 -0500
    Re: Messagebox on current desktop Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2015-01-11 18:17 +0100

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