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[nb-dev](20030613), [jdk1.4.2](b26) Steps to reproduce: - run IDE - opens some java file - try to invoke Find dialog , press Ctrl + F -> Find dilalog comes up, but focus is on the main window P2: it's really very annoying, if you must after pressing Ctrl+F, click to find dilaog by mouse ....
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FWIW, this has happened to me a number of times (Linux JDK 1.4.2), but I cannot reproduce it now. May be specific to the window manager.
Which mode? It used to work this way: If you use SDI, the find window's parent is set to main window, which causes the focus to return to main window instead of editor window. I never had problems in MDI (only one window which remembers focus internally) Maybe it has changed from that time...
I always use MDI.
I tried reproduce this issue, but it is reproducible only on Mac OS or SunOS+CDE+focus follow mouse. It seems this issue is not defect on SunOS, because other applications e.g. native Text Editor in CDE has the same problem with focus (after ctrl+F). It is 100% reproducible on Mac OS 10.2.6, IDE 3.5.1, jdk1.4.1_01.
So IIRC in SDI if WM decides to focus the parent of the dialog (once the dialog gets closed) we have no chance to override its decision by explicit editorPaneOrFrame.requestFocus(), right? On the other in MDI I would believe it should be possible to redirect the focus from main window to editor pane because they should reside in one physical frame, right? Unless of course the customized swing release for Mac does not do something special here :) Anyway we should resolve this for 3.6. Assigning to Dusan.
Hasn't happened to me in a long time on Linux, I think; probably specific to the window manager. Maybe Tim has some suggestions for handling focus changes.
This may be 1.4.1 specific (on mac it almost never gets focus) - I know there were some changes between 1.4.0 and 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 re focus (see some of the gnarly requestFocusFor14() code in NbPresenter, I believe). So at least on the mac, it's definitely still an infuriating problem. I've checked over the code for the find dialog in the editor, and it looks like it's doing the right thing if what I think is being called gets called (inasmuch as I understand it - there's some method called updateFocus() that tries to call requestFocus() on "updateWhat" - it's tough to figure out what does what with so many layers of dialog provider services, button provider services, etc.)
updateFocus() calls findWhat.getEditor().getEditorComponent().requestFocus(); (findWhat is the combo control with text to search) That should likely happen by default anyway but IMHO it should not harm. BTW what about other non-modal dialogs on Mac like e.g. Tools->Options. Do they also fail to get focus?
Actually, closer to home, the Goto dialog is always focused correctly. Might be a problem of the FocusTraversalPolicy in the find dialog...but what's a little odd is that about 1 out of 5 times the text field does get focus. We might try a FocusTraversalPolicy that always returns the find combo as the thing to focus, then see if the problem goes away - it would at least help diagnose what's wrong. At the same time, if it isn't, it could turn out to be a waste of time.
Fixed in [maintrunk]. /cvs/editor/libsrc/org/netbeans/editor/ext/ExtKit.java,v <-- ExtKit.java new revision: 1.39; previous revision: 1.38 done /cvs/editor/libsrc/org/netbeans/editor/ext/FindDialogSupport.java,v <-- FindDialogSupport.java new revision: 1.36; previous revision: 1.35 done
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