how to set position of JOptionPane

Question

I'm creating this JOptionPane

JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(this, "File was saved", "Save", 
   JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);

but my JFrame is big so it is scrollable. When I call this command, a window is created in the bottom right corner and I can only see the header. How I can change the position of this JOptionPane?

Answer 1

According to the api 1.6:

the first parameter is parentComponent:

Defines the Component that is to be the parent of this dialog box. It is used in two ways: the Frame that contains it is used as the Frame parent for the dialog box, and its screen coordinates are used in the placement of the dialog box. In general, the dialog box is placed just below the component. This parameter may be null, in which case a default Frame is used as the parent, and the dialog will be centered on the screen (depending on the L&F).

So there isn't no parameter to set the position of the JOptionPane, but you could at least pass null as first parameter to be sure your JOptionPane is well visible and centered.

Answer 2

You could create a JDialog out of a JOptionPane (see the JOptionPane API to see how to do this), and then display it anywhere you'd like as you can with any JDialog. By the way, perhaps you want to make your JFrame smaller by using JTabbedPanes or CardLayout so you don't have this problem.