diff --git a/core.windows/apichanges.xml b/core.windows/apichanges.xml
--- a/core.windows/apichanges.xml
+++ b/core.windows/apichanges.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,20 @@
 <!-- ACTUAL CHANGES BEGIN HERE: -->
 
   <changes>
-
+      
+    <change id="stop-dialoge-closing">
+        <api name="winsys"/>
+        <summary>Added default closing option to do nothing when no option is passed.</summary>
+        <version major="2" minor="28"/>
+        <date day="4" month="8" year="2011"/>
+        <author login="dbeer"/>
+        <compatibility addition="yes" deprecation="no" deletion="no"/>
+        <description>
+            When younow pass no clossing options when you setClosingOptions(new Object[]{}); the dialogue will not close via the ESC key.    
+        </description>
+        <issue number="196200"/>
+    </change>
+    
     <change id="reload-save-actions" >
         <api name="winsys"/>
         <summary>Actions to load or save state of windowsystem</summary>
diff --git a/core.windows/manifest.mf b/core.windows/manifest.mf
--- a/core.windows/manifest.mf
+++ b/core.windows/manifest.mf
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 OpenIDE-Module-Recommends: org.netbeans.core.windows.nativeaccess.NativeWindowSystem
 AutoUpdate-Show-In-Client: false
 AutoUpdate-Essential-Module: true
-OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.27
+OpenIDE-Module-Specification-Version: 2.28
 
diff --git a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/services/NbPresenter.java b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/services/NbPresenter.java
--- a/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/services/NbPresenter.java
+++ b/core.windows/src/org/netbeans/core/windows/services/NbPresenter.java
@@ -581,6 +581,9 @@
         Object[] options = getClosingOptions ();
         
         if (options == null) return ;
+        if (options.length == 0) {
+            setDefaultCloseOperation(WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE);
+        }
         for (int i = 0; i < options.length; i++) {
             modifyListener (options[i], buttonListener, init);
         }
@@ -1256,7 +1259,12 @@
                 MenuElement[] selPath = MenuSelectionManager.defaultManager().getSelectedPath();
                 // part of #130919 fix - handle ESC key well in dialogs with menus
                 if (selPath == null || selPath.length == 0) {
-                    pressedOption = NotifyDescriptor.CLOSED_OPTION;
+                    //check if closingOptions is != null && 0
+                    if (getClosingOptions() != null && getClosingOptions().length == 0) {
+                        pressedOption = WindowConstants.DO_NOTHING_ON_CLOSE;
+                    } else {
+                        pressedOption = NotifyDescriptor.CLOSED_OPTION;
+                    }
                 } else {
                     MenuSelectionManager.defaultManager().clearSelectedPath();
                     return ;