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Bug 56776

Summary:	NetBeans running on secondary monitor displays menus and dropdowns on primary monitor instead
Product:	platform	Reporter:	x_cubed <x_cubed>
Component:	Window System	Assignee:	David Simonek <dsimonek>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	blocker	CC:	jchalupa
Priority:	P3
Version:	4.x
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows XP
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	An example of the issue

Description x_cubed 2005-03-22 09:10:58 UTC

I have a laptop running XP and NetBeans 4.0 with the 1.4.2_07 JDK. When at 
home, I plug in my 17" LCD to get the most out of NetBeans, but there is a bug 
with either Swing or NetBeans that means that all the menus dropdowns and 
dropdown lists are displayed on the primary monitor, rather the secondary 
monitor where NetBeans is running. Menus and dropdown lists are always 
displayed at the rightmost edge of the primary monitor suggesting that their 
position is being limited based on the size of the primary monitor, rather 
than the entire viewport.
This defect doesn't affect the main menu captions (eg: File, Edit, etc) or the 
dropdown controls themselves, only the windows that they create when activated.

Comment 1 x_cubed 2005-03-22 09:21:31 UTC

Created attachment 21019 [details]
An example of the issue

Comment 2 Marian Mirilovic 2005-03-22 10:06:21 UTC


*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 47719 ***

Comment 3 Jan Chalupa 2005-03-22 10:11:35 UTC

Yes, it's a duplicate. Running NetBeans with the -J-Dnetbeans.popup.no_hack=true
option should fix the problem.