I am currently using this code to create a JDialog;
package com.kamuara.reposync.window;
import java.awt.Dialog;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JDialog;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
public class SheetDialog {
private JFrame _windowFrame;
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.setProperty("apple.awt.documentModalSheet", "true");
System.setProperty("apple.awt.brushMetalLook", "true");
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
new SheetDialog();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public SheetDialog() {
_windowFrame = new JFrame();
_windowFrame.setResizable(false);
_windowFrame.setBounds(100, 100, 451, 320);
_windowFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
_windowFrame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
_windowFrame.setVisible(true);
JButton showDialogButton = new JButton("Show Dialog");
showDialogButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
showSheetDialog(_windowFrame, "Test", "This should be a sheet dialog", "Oke");
}
});
showDialogButton.setBounds(328, 263, 117, 29);
_windowFrame.getContentPane().add(showDialogButton);
}
public void showSheetDialog(JFrame owner, String title, String message, String button) {
final JDialog messageDialog = new JDialog(owner, title, Dialog.ModalityType.DOCUMENT_MODAL);
messageDialog.setBounds(30, 0, owner.getWidth() - 60, 130);
// TODO: only when os is osx
messageDialog.getRootPane().putClientProperty("apple.awt.documentModalSheet", "true");
messageDialog.setLayout(null);
int offsetX = 25;
JLabel titleLabel = new JLabel(title);
titleLabel.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.BOLD, 13));
titleLabel.setBounds(offsetX, 10, 100, 25);
messageDialog.getContentPane().add(titleLabel);
JLabel messageLabel = new JLabel(message);
messageLabel.setVerticalTextPosition(JLabel.TOP);
messageLabel.setHorizontalTextPosition(JLabel.LEFT);
messageLabel.setFont(new Font("Lucida Grande", Font.PLAIN, 11));
messageLabel.setBounds(offsetX, 10, messageDialog.getWidth() - 10, messageDialog.getHeight() - 60);
messageDialog.getContentPane().add(messageLabel);
JButton okButton = new JButton(button);
okButton.setBounds(messageDialog.getWidth() - 105, messageDialog.getHeight() - 35, 100, 25);
okButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
@Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
messageDialog.dispose();
}
});
messageDialog.getContentPane().add(okButton);
messageDialog.setVisible(true);
}
}
I was previously using Java 6 to compile the application and setting the clientProperty apple.awt.documentModalSheet was working perfectly to display the dialog as a "Sheet" on OSX but now I started using Java 7 (update 25) and the dialog is no longer displayed as a Sheet. I can't seem to find any update documentation on this. Have they changed anything about this? How can I solve this? The current interface design looks tons better with a Sheet than a dialog.
Update
I found the following Bug report which seems to be the same issue as I am experiencing;
https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug?bug_id=8010197
Does anyone know how to resolve this? I have looked into libraries like QuaQua but I would prefer not using any library because I just want the Sheet functionality.
Update 2
I tried QuaQua, but the library currently has the exact same problem when compiling with Java 7. Any workarounds?
Update 3
Replaced code with working sample (http://pastebin.com/PJ8VGdPb)
Update 4
Found out SWT has a style for their Shell class named SWT.SHEET which still works in Java7, I don't prefer using a library like SWT, but it seems to be the only solution.
As far as I know, Apple didn't officially released their version of JDK 7. The latest version of the JDK Apple has optimized for their OS X is still JDK 6. That is also why updates for Java come thru the AppStore update tab. These updates do not come straight from Oracle.
If you downloaded JDK 7 directly from Oracle, this is a more generic, non-tweaked version.
So, I think you will just have to wait for Apple to release their OS X optimized JDK 7.
I experienced a lot of OS X features not to be working when I download from Oracle: