Can I use a Java JOptionPane in a non-modal way?

Question

I am working on an application which pops up a JOptionPane when a certain action happens. I was just wondering if it was possible that when the JOptionPane does pop up how c

Answer 1

An improved version of @justkt's answer, with the event listener suggested in its comments.

    // A non-modal version of JOptionPane.showOptionDialog()
    JOptionPane pane = new JOptionPane(arguments, ...);
    pane.setComponentOrientation(JOptionPane.getRootFrame().getComponentOrientation());
    JDialog dialog = pane.createDialog((Component)parent, "title");

    pane.addPropertyChangeListener(JOptionPane.VALUE_PROPERTY, ignored -> {
        Object selectedValue = pane.getValue();
        System.out.print("Out of " + Arrays.toString(pane.getOptions()) + ", ");
        System.out.println(selectedValue + " was selected");
        dialog.dispose();
    });

    dialog.setModal(false);
    dialog.setVisible(true);