Can Java display a dialog without changing the active window?

Question

I\'d like to display a modal (progress) dialog above a Frame, even if that Frame isn\'t the active window. However, displaying a dialog causes it

Answer 1

I don't think you can do this with a modal dialog.

However the following works for a non-modal dialog:

dialog.setFocusableWindowState( false );
dialog.setVisible(true);
dialog.setFocusableWindowState( true );

When the dialog displays it will not have focus, but if you click on it, it will gain focus. You could try this on a modal dialog to see what happens.