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Enable Command-Tab, etc. in Halo Universal Apps
Since the release of the Halo Universal binary, the game takes over the entire keyboard. This then disables the use of Exposé, Dashboard, and the ever-handy Command-Tab. To restore the use of the keyboard you need to do two things:

Step #1:

Open the Info.plist file within the Halo application package with TextEdit, the Plist Editor, or another app of your choice. Control click on the Halo app, choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu, then navigate into Contents to find Info.plist.

Add an entry to the list with the key: LSUIPresentationMode, and a value of 4. If you're using a text editor, add the following underneath the LSRequiresCarbon tag:
<key>LSUIPresentationMode</key>
	<integer>4</integer>
Step #2:

Upon starting Halo, you should see your dock and menu bar disappear. If this does not happen, then you have made an error in the previous step. In the Halo Start Window, turn on the Play in Window and Allow Console checkboxes.

Now play Halo, because you're finished with the changes -- Command-Tab, Exposé, and Dashboard should all work as expected.
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Enable Command-Tab, etc. in Halo Universal
Authored by: idic.spock on Mar 04, '07 11:48:09PM

The instructions tell you to turn on play in a window. Didn't Cmd-Tab and Expose work already when playing in a window--even with the Universal version?



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Enable Command-Tab, etc. in Halo Universal
Authored by: louisk2 on Mar 19, '07 04:12:58AM

Yes it did, and thats the idea.
If you turn on window mode you can use Cmd-Tab. But if window mode is off you cant.
The catch is that the dock and menu bar sit above the Halo window. My hint also tells you how to avoid this and play the game as if it were in full screen mode.

This hint only applies to the Universal Binary build of Halo.
Not the PPC ONLY version of Halo which is 1.5 and under (where Cmd-Tab works regardless of the window mode).



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