How to set action to open a JDialog from a button in neatbeans IDE ?

[ozzyman]

I'm new to netbeans & swing so I don't know if this is the correct/best way to achieve what i'm trying to do:

at the moment i have two windows:
- main menu (as a jframe)
- sub menu (as a jdialog)

what i need to do is:
- open the jdialog sub menu from an action of a certain push button in the main menu

please see the screenshot for more details.

also, is jdialog most suitable for this kind of action/function ?

[ozzyman]

Setting the visibility seems to do the trick...

Right-click button > Events > Actions > actionPerformed, then edit the function body to
dialogName.setVisible(true);

private void menu1ActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
JDialog1.setVisible(true);
}