Re: Web Browser

Patrick Nee wrote:
> I currently have a JDIC web browser working in a Top Component parked in the
> Explorer section of the windows. All appears well until opening a menu - the
> drop down appears behind web browser instead of covering it.
> 
> Any suggestions? This appears to be the problem (or a manifestation of it)
> that Rich was referring to.

For popup menus, there's 
JPopupMenu.setDefaultLightWeightPopupEnabled(false) - that should fix 
popups and submenus.

You could probably fix it globally, either by hacking one field of 
javax.swing.PopupFactory by reflection (I once had to do this for a 
certain version of Apple's JDK with NetBeans), or by replacing the 
global instance with one that only produces heavyweight popups - see 
PopupFactory.setSharedInstance().

-Tim

> 
> Patrick
> patricknee@alum. Mit. edu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: news [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Boudreau
> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 9:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [nbui] Re: Web Browser
> 
> Does it really not work to toss an AWT component into the winsys?  I 
> think the ECSI Minex guys were doing that with their Java3D stuff for a 
> number of years now.  Might have some problems with overpainting, but if 
> you run with the flag that makes the tab control actually remove 
> everything but the showing tab from the AWT hierarchy, it ought to solve 
> most of the problems;  probably also necessary to force heavyweight 
> popups globally, but that's doable with either a line switch or hacking 
> javax.swing.PopupFactory by reflection...
> 
> -Tim
> 
> Rich Unger wrote:
> 
>>Not for free, I think.  There are commercial packages, however, like 
>>icebrowser.
>>Rich
>>
>>Patrick Nee wrote:
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>>
>>>Hello everyone,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I am evaluating the possibility of building an application on top of
>>>NetBeans IDE.
>>>
>>>
>>>I need to create a window pane in the "explorer" or "properties" position
>>>which includes a web browser, preferably one which will run flash
>>>animations. As such, I have evaluated JDIC as it is used in the 
>>>Feedreader
>>>example created by Rich Unger. However, when Feedreader uses JDIC to 
>>>open a
>>>native browser such as IE, it doesn't use a TopComponent subclass. Rich's
>>>in-line documentation seems to indicate it isn't possible because
>>>TopComponent is Swing and JDIC is AWT based.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Is Rich's evaluation correct? No possibility of using JDIC in an embedded
>>>panel in NetBeans?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Any other methods for getting a web browser in a panel, preferably a 
>>>fully
>>>functional browser which will run Flash?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Patrick Nee
>>>
>>>[email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>
>>
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