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Re: Catching Command-N without any open windows?



So who catches and handles Command-Q?

Bill

> 
> On 3 May 2006, at 19:42, Bill Janssen wrote:
> 
> > Hi.  I've got a Swing document viewer app that may or may not have
> > open windows (documents).  I'd like to bind Command-N to pop up a new
> > query window (to seach for new documents) and have it work even if
> > there are no open windows.  Generating a ReOpenApplication event would
> > be fine.  But I don't see how to bind key actions without a Window to
> > bind them to.  I'm hoping I don't have to mess around trying to give
> > focus to an invisible window when there are no other open windows.
> 
> I think you're going to be disappointed :-)
> 
> You'll have to create a JFrame (say), but making it invisible won't  
> work because then it won't get focus and the menu bar will disappear.  
> You have to move it offscreen, but the JVM won't let you do that  
> unless you call frame.setUndecorated( true ) and set the  
> "apple.awt.window.position.forceSafeProgrammaticPositioning" property  
> to "true" for luck. You'll also need to add a focusable component to  
> the JFrame otherwise it won't get focus and keyboard shortcuts won't  
> work.
> 
> Jerry
> 
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