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From: Knute Johnson <eternal@knutejohnson.com>
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Subject: Re: Messagebox on current desktop
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 16:04:22 -0800
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On 1/6/2015 15:13, Eric Sosman wrote:
> 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?
>
>      I don't know, but I'd be willing to bet that the first
> argument will have to be something other than "this".  See
> if you can find some likely alternatives to try in that spot.
>

Or use one of the JDialog constructors that takes a GraphicsConfiguration.