On or about 4/8/09 11:25 PM, thus spake "Andrew Farmer" <andf...@gmail.com>:
> On 08 Apr 09, at 08:03, Matt Neuburg wrote: >> On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:37:05 -0400, Walker Argendeli >> <heckler0...@bellsouth.net> said: >>> I am making a simple application that consists of a small HUD window >>> that needs to float above another application. How do I make it so >>> that A. it floats above everything, and B. when I switch to another >>> application, it remains on top. >> >> Search the archives for example code showing how your app can be >> notified >> when an app switch occurs... m. > > This isn't necessary, actually. Setting the window's level to > NSFloatingWindowLevel or so, and setting it to not hide on deactivate, > should be sufficient to make it stay above everything. Really? He wants the HUD window to float above a certain *particular* application different from his own and vanish when any other application is frontmost. What, in your proposed architecture, would make it do that? m. -- matt neuburg, phd = m...@tidbits.com, http://www.tidbits.com/matt/ pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phusei Among the 2007 MacTech Top 25, http://tinyurl.com/2rh4pf AppleScript: the Definitive Guide, 2nd edition http://www.tidbits.com/matt/default.html#applescriptthings Take Control of Customizing Leopard, http://tinyurl.com/2t9629 TidBITS, Mac news and reviews since 1990, http://www.tidbits.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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
