Java Plug-In causes JFC controls to not receive mouse_events

al.smith@eng 2000-10-30
test: java/awt/Window/WmNcHitTest/WmNcHitTestApplet12.html
This test is designated as ignored.
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We have an unsigned applet that can be used in IE or
Netscape. We are using the Java Plugin 1.1.1. We are
using the most recent version of JFC.

Once the applet comes up inside the browser, the user
clicks on a button(which works fine) that launches a
JFrame window outside of the browser. Since the applet
is unsigned, we get the yellow Warning message at the
bottom of the JFrame. If we position our screen such
that any of the controls are now over the screen
coordinates where the Warning status bar was, those
controls DO NOT receive mouse events. You can tab to
them, use your arrow keys on them, but you cannot select
or click on them with the mouse.

My main problem is that I am not receiving any mouse
events on the area of the screen that previously had the
warning applet. My Example code will illustrate the
point. You must run this from Netscape or IE with the
plugin. It works fine in appletviewer.

1. Press the JFrame button.

2. This should launch a stand alone JFrame with a
warning at the bottom that states: "Warning: Applet
Window".

3. Reposition the JFrame so that one of the controls
over the exact area that the WARNING status bar
previously was.

4. Try clicking a button with the mouse, access a text
field, or click on a combo box. This area of the screen
is OFF LIMITS because this is not a signed applet. The
new JFrame coorinates were not sent properly. The new
position of the JFrame still remembers the old
coordinates for the WARNING status bar, even though the
JFramemoved.

Note: The problem is not reproducible if you do not get the
               warning message at the bottom of the stand alone JFrame.