I believe Apple uses NSPopOver for non-modal alerts and dialogs, which can automatically dismiss when the user clicks outside the popover.
Keary Suska Esoteritech, Inc. "Demystifying technology for your home or business" > On May 12, 2021, at 12:17 PM, Carl Hoefs via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > I had thought it was possible on MacOS to run an NSAlert panel nonmodally... > > I'd like to present an informational alert for n seconds then dismiss it > without user interaction. But I don't see any way to dismiss, terminate, > cancel, invalidate, etc. an NSAlert object. > > I know this is possible in iOS, but is there no way to do this in MacOS, > other than displaying/hiding an NSPanel of my own? > > -Carl > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/cocoa-dev%40esoteritech.com > > This email sent to cocoa-...@esoteritech.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
