Re: OpenDialog not displaying Title (mac only?)

Posted by Kenneth Sloan-2 on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/OpenDialog-not-displaying-Title-mac-only-tp5020162p5020164.html

Yes, well, in the past, I've also had serious issues with JFileChooser.  Probably fixed by now, but "once burned, twice shy".

I think I'll muddle along with showStatus().

Thanks for confirming my spotty memory.

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> On 26 Feb 2018, at 15:37 , Curtis Rueden <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Hi Kenneth,
>
> It is a design decision of newer versions of macOS. The native file chooser
> simply does not have a title bar anymore.
>
> One workaround is to enable the "Use JFileChooser to open/save" option in
> Edit > Options > Input/Output.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
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> On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 2:39 PM, Kenneth Sloan <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>> I suspect this is old, but I've forgotten the answer.
>>
>> On a mac (I think it's mac-only), OpenDialog fails to display the "title".
>>
>> I have been reduced to code that looks like this:
>>
>>  IJ.showStatus("Choose an image ...");
>>  od = new OpenDialog("Choose an image ...");
>>
>> This seems like abuse of showStatus - but it works.  The problem is that
>> new users don't often see the
>> message in the status bar (it is a bit unobtrusive).
>>
>> so...is this a known bug?  Does it have a known (better than mine)
>> workaround?
>>
>> Perhaps IJ.showMessage(...) would be better, but that seems to entail an
>> extra "dismiss" click from the users.  They don't like that.  Trained users
>> .don't really need the prompt, and new users often don't SEE the prompt.
>>
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