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Drawers opening on windows in the background

To: REALbasic Network Users Group <realbasic-nug at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Drawers opening on windows in the background
From: Bryan Lund <blund at mac dot com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 22:22:39 -0700
Are we supposed to be able to open (and close) drawers on windows that are not frontmost?

The following code does nothing when "Window1" is in the background (aka not frontmost):
myDrawer.showWithin(Window1, 2)

(calling that line from a thread, a timer, a socket event or an appleEvent produces the same result)

Interestingly if Window1 is a Global Floating Window AND Window1 has been physically clicked it will actually open the drawer when in the background (but only after Window1 has been clicked and only if it's a Global Floating Window).

Has anyone else run into this? Or is this the correct Apple-defined behavior? (One of my users found it annoying enough to send me two rather lengthy emails.)

-Bryan
blund at mac dot com / bryan at radicalbreeze dot com
www.radicalbreeze.com


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