How to programmatically close a JFrame

Question

What\'s the correct way to get a JFrame to close, the same as if the user had hit the X close button, or pressed Alt+F4 (on W

Answer 1

If you want the GUI to behave as if you clicked the X close button then you need to dispatch a window closing event to the Window. The ExitAction from Closing An Application allows you to add this functionality to a menu item or any component that uses Actions easily.

frame.dispatchEvent(new WindowEvent(frame, WindowEvent.WINDOW_CLOSING));