Override minimize of JFrame

Question

I'm making a program with a logger. The logger has its own JFrame. I'm trying to override the reaction from clicking on the minimize-button of that frame. I would like the frame to either setVisible(false) or do the defaultCloseOperation (as i set that to hide earlier).

How should I do this? Thanks in advance

@user545236, Applications should only have a single JFrame. Other helper windows should be dialogs. The accepted answer may work, but it is not the proper usage of a JFrame, that is why JDialogs exist. — camickr, May 04 '11 at 03:33

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered May 04 '11 at 01:35

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Use a JDialog instead of a JFrame. JDialogs don't have a minimize button.

answered May 04 '11 at 01:35

camickr

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 21 '15 at 07:35

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You can add a WindowListener and add a iconified handler that will react when the window is minimized.

Maybe:

frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter(){

      public void windowIconified(WindowEvent e){
            frame.setVisible(false);
      }
});

edited Sep 21 '15 at 07:35

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answered May 04 '11 at 01:46

Vincent Ramdhanie

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treat the illness, don't doctor on symptoms ;-) Just to emphasize Rob's comment ... – kleopatra May 04 '11 at 11:07

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 04 '11 at 01:48

You can use the WindowStateListener like this

    f.addWindowStateListener(new WindowStateListener() {

        @Override
        public void windowStateChanged(WindowEvent arg0) {
            if (arg0.getNewState() == Frame.ICONIFIED) {
                // do stuff
            }

        }
    });

Venkatesh Bandarapu · Answer 4 · 2015-09-22T09:05:10.947

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Try this:

frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
 @Override
         public void windowIconified(WindowEvent event) 
         {
            //do your stuff
         }
 });

edited Sep 22 '15 at 09:05

answered Sep 21 '15 at 07:21

Venkatesh Bandarapu

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Your answer repeat existing answer http://stackoverflow.com/a/5877604/1400768 with even less information or explanation. – nhahtdh Sep 21 '15 at 07:36

Override minimize of JFrame

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