Thanks, guys! A sheet looks like just what I need here. Now I just need to
figure out how to set that up in the context of vstgui. I'll ask over there if
I need help with that.
Thanks,
Howard
On Feb 29, 2012, at 7:15 PM, Graham Cox wrote:
>
> On 01/03/2012, at 10:05 AM, Howard Moon wrote:
>
>> HI,
>>
>> I have a an audio plug-in, run inside a host application, that provides
>> me a window in which my plug-in's UI is drawn. What I would like to do is
>> to make a modal window, but one that in ONLY modal in relation to my plug-in
>> window. Is that possible? It's easy on Windows, but I don't see how to do
>> that in Cocoa. The docs talk about an "application modal" or a "modal
>> session", but neither of those looks appropriate. I don't want to prevent
>> the user from accessing the host or OTHER plug-ins' windows, but I need to
>> prevent them from accessing MY plug-in's window until they click Save or
>> Cancel. So application modal doesn't look right. On the other hand, a
>> modal session doesn't seem right, either, since I'm not in a loop doing any
>> work at the time, just waiting for the user to set some plug-in preferences.
>> And I I don't see any way to make the orderingMode permanent, such as an
>> "alwaysOnTop" flag or something.
>
>
>
> Use a sheet. That is Cocoa's solution for making a modal window relative to
> another window. Don't try to force a non-sheet window always on top or
> anything like that, your users will think your app/plugin sucks or is broken.
>
> --Graham
>
>
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