Custom dialog?

[t500yo]

Hello ppl
I really do not know how to ask my question, so I'm just going to ask it.
I want to create a dialog window attached to a parent window. There are several ways to create a simple dialog, but I would like to create a more advanced dialog with multiple fields.

So I have got two questions:
How can I prevent the user from focusing on the parent
How do I export the input from my 'dialog' window (lets say two fields, a user name and a password) to a field on the parent JPanel.

I know you guys know the answer - I'm just another Java newbie.
Thank you in advance!

[PhHein]

Hello ppl
How can I prevent the user from focusing on the parent

Make your Dialog modal.

How do I export the input from my 'dialog' window (lets say two fields, a user name and a password) to a field on the parent JPanel.

You still have a reference to your dialog object after it's closed, get the values from that object.

[t500yo]

Hello phHein
Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately my dialog is not really a dialog, but a JFrame. Now, according to the API, I cannot use setModal(true) on a JFrame.
thanks in advance!

[PhHein]

That's why you should use a JDialog. Get the contentPane of your JFrame and set it as the contentPane of a JDialog, just to test the functionality.

[t500yo]

oh.
Seriously.. I AM dumb... I read some stuff wrong in the link I posted before. That is really...

Thanks phHein!