Java/Swing: Obtain Window/JFrame from inside a JPanel

Question

How can I get the JFrame in which a JPanel is living?

My current solution is to ask the panel for it\'s parent (and so on) until I find a Window:

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Answer 1

You could use SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(...) method that will return a Window that you could cast to your top level type.

JFrame topFrame = (JFrame) SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(this);