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Bug 46419

Summary:	[dual monitor] Popups should center on IDE window, not physical screen
Product:	platform	Reporter:	wroberts <wroberts>
Component:	Window System	Assignee:	David Simonek <dsimonek>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	Keywords:	DUAL_MONITOR
Priority:	P4
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	Sun
OS:	Solaris
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description wroberts 2004-07-22 05:50:09 UTC

I use two monitors as a single large desktop.  I
put the NetBeans GUI on the left-hand screen.  All
properties popups and other new windows appear
centered on the desktop which puts them right
across my monitor boundary.  It would be nice if
new windows positioned themselves with respect to
the main NetBeans window rather than the desktop.
 It would be ideal if this behaviour could be
controlled by a preference.

Comment 1 ndrake 2004-09-16 17:16:11 UTC

I also am seeing similar problems under Windows XP and Netbeans 3.6

Using two monitors (laptop LCD and external 19" CRT).  Pop-ups, menus,
and tooltips all appear on the laptop screen (it doesn't span to both
screens).

All other apps funtional normally.

Comment 2 David Simonek 2005-05-09 11:42:19 UTC

Still valid I guess.

Comment 3 Milos Kleint 2005-07-21 09:25:14 UTC

fixed in trunk. was tested on winxp and macosx. no more netbeans popup hacks,
just  swing.

Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2008-12-23 14:32:58 UTC

This issue had *1 votes* before move to platform component