Re: Bring app to front

2008-06-14 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Adam Gerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When these choose an item from my menu it > cuases a window to open (a window the user wants open and in the > front), but sometimes it appears hidden behind other windows. Thats > why I asked this question. If your menu ex

Re: Bring app to front

2008-06-14 Thread Adam Gerson
Thanks Andy. Kyle, you make a good point. It dangerious to allow an app to annoy the user. I am building a menu extra that always shows up in the menu bar, but its icon is hidden from the dock and is never consider front by the OS. When these choose an item from my menu it cuases a window to open (

Re: Bring app to front

2008-06-08 Thread Andy Lee
On Jun 8, 2008, at 11:06 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote: Why would you want to do this? It's annoying enough that in Windows XP Microsoft disabled this functionality. If you want to get the user's attention, the bouncing dock icon is a very good indication. I agree in most cases, but in case you have

Re: Bring app to front

2008-06-08 Thread Kyle Sluder
On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Adam Gerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to be able to pop up an alert message even when my app is not > the front most app. How can I bring my app to the front, or how can I > cause the system to display an alert window in front of all open > windows of any

Bring app to front

2008-06-08 Thread Adam Gerson
I want to be able to pop up an alert message even when my app is not the front most app. How can I bring my app to the front, or how can I cause the system to display an alert window in front of all open windows of any application? Thanks, Adam ___ Coco