How to Load a Webpage in a Java App

Do you wonder how to load a webpage in your java application? It is simple. You can load a web document whether it is a web document in internet or a web document from a file in the localhost. I know three methods to do it. You can use JTextPane in java swing (javax.swing), JEditorPane in java swing (javax.swing) or WebView in javaFX (javafx.scene.web.WebView). We will discuss each method to display a webpage in a java application.

The three methods we are going to discuss are:

• Using JTextPane
• Using JEditorPane
• Using WebView in JavaFX

What Does Modal and Modeless (Non Modal) Mean in Java

In java, the dialogue boxes in JOptionPane class are very popular. Now when we use dialogue boxes, whether it is message dialogue box, input dialogue or any other,  we may sometimes need to make the parent container (often JFrame or JWindow) not focusable. In another words, we may have to prevent a (parent) component taking input from the user while one of its member component is active. (You may have noticed that when error message boxes are displayed, you cannot click its parent window on many software until you dismiss it by clicking 'OK' or 'close'). Such a property of a member or child component, is called modality. In java, you can use JDialog with or without modality. A JDialog can be either modal or modeless.

A Modal dialog box is a dialog box that blocks input to some other top-level windows in the application. The modal dialog box captures the window focus until it is closed, usually in response to a button press.

A Modeless dialog box is a dialog box that does not block input to any other top level window while it is shown.

See following java code example: