avoid JDialog from being hidden when user switches to another application window

Common frustration with Java. Your child dialogs seem to disappear if you switch to another application window and come back. The only way to switch to the dialog box seems to be thru the task switching function ( Alt+Tab )


Actually, that only happens when you pass null to the constructor of JDialog. If you pass the parent frame's reference to the JDialog constructor, the jdialog is automatically made visibile when the user returns to your application.