Name: paC48320 Date: 10/08/97


package swing_test;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import com.sun.java.swing.*;

public class PopupMenuInTextField
    extends JFrame {

        private JTextField _key;
        private JPopupMenu _popup;

        public PopupMenuInTextField() {
            _key = new JTextField(20);
            _popup = new JPopupMenu();
            JLabel l = new JLabel("Hello World");
            getContentPane().setLayout(new BorderLayout());
            getContentPane().add("North", l);
            getContentPane().add("Center", _key);
            JMenuItem item = new JMenuItem("Hello");
            _popup.add(item);
            _key.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
                public void mousePressed(MouseEvent ev) {
                    if(ev.isPopupTrigger()) {
                        _popup.show(ev.getComponent(), ev.getX(), ev.getY());
                    }
                    else {
                        _popup.setVisible(false);
                    }
                }
            });
        }

        public static void main(String args[]) {
            PopupMenuInTextField ptf = new PopupMenuInTextField();
            ptf.setSize(400, 100);
            ptf.show();
        }
}

The PopupMenu pops up when you click along the borders of the textfield.
This bug may not be related to the JPopupMenu. It was found while working with the Popup menus.
It actually is related to mouse events within textfields.
This does not happen while using a regular java.awt.TextField
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