For simple questions, you can use JOptionPane.showInputDialog which comes in two versions, one that just prompts for a String and one that selects an item from a list.

Dialog is the AWT equivalent of JDialog.

Gotchas

If JDialogs fail to paint anything, it could be because you forgot to do a setSize, validate(), or setVisible( true ). JDialog.setBackground does not work. Use jdialog.getContentPane().add( child );

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