Setting the wait cursor in case of pupup menu custom action

[Vince]

How can I set a wait cursor in case of custom action inserted to the popup menu ?
What I've tried so far:

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public void customizeAuthorPopUpMenu(JPopupMenu popUp, AuthorAccess authorAccess) {
            AbstractAction custom = new AbstractAction("TEST") {
            
            @Override
            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
              javax.swing.JFrame parentFrame = (JFrame) PluginWorkspaceProvider.getPluginWorkspace().getParentFrame();
              parentFrame.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.WAIT_CURSOR)); 
              try {
                Thread.sleep(10000);
              } catch (InterruptedException e1) {
                e1.printStackTrace();
              }
              parentFrame.setCursor(Cursor.getPredefinedCursor(Cursor.DEFAULT_CURSOR));
            }
          };
          popUp.insert(custom, 0);
        }        
}

Thanks

[Radu]

Hi,

The code looks good to me, so when the action is invoked at first it sets the cursor on the main frame to wait_cursor, then the action performs its specific code and then at the end you switch the cursor on the main frame back to the normal cursor.
So doesn't the code work? What's the current behavior you obtain?

Regards,
Radu

[Vince]

Hi,

The code does not work.
Cursor does not change at all.

I'm using Oxygen 23

Regards,
Vincent

[Vince]

I do some additionnal tests.

When I click on the menu item, if my mouse pointer hovers over the tab, the wait cursor appears
If my mouse pointer is just under the tab, cusrosr does not change.

It's seems that the editing area cursor takes priority over the one I set.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Vincent

[Radu]

Hi Vincent,

Indeed the Author panel has its own text I-beam cursor set. And setting a cursor on the parent frame does not impose the same cursor on descendant Swing components.
Maybe you can try to cast this "authorAccess.getEditorAccess().getAuthorComponent()" to a JPanel and set the busy cursor also on it.

Regards,
Radu

[Vince]

Great, it works !

Thanks