Block entire swing ui except for one component - “dialog style”

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Setting: I have this home-crafted \"editable label\" component which looks like a label, but when you cl

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In you editable label, when you start editing, use SwingUtilities.getRoot() to get the root of your label, cast it to Container. On the Container you can call getComponents(). Iterate through this array and call setEnabled(false) unless it is the label. Enable them when you're done editing.

One question: why do you need it? If you need dialog-like behavior, use JOptionPane.

BTW, if you remove border from JTextField and setOpaque(false), it will be just as an editable label.