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Play Chess in a floating window [revisited]
Authored by: Craigriver on Apr 05, '04 01:00:02PM

Speaking of floating windows....

There must be a way to make applications such as Quicktime, iTunes, Realplayer and Windows Media Player float on top of other open applications.

Can this be explained a simple way for a person not familiar with the nuances of programming?



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Play Chess in a floating window [revisited]
Authored by: aranor on Apr 06, '04 01:31:28AM
First off, Windows Media Player sucks That said, you can't just put arbitrary applications in front. If you had access to the source you could, but otherwise no. I mean, if it's a Cocoa app you could theoretically add an InputManager that watches for windows and changes their level. Alternately, you could hack Desktop Manager to put the windows you like in the front (since this already has code that hacks windows). But it's a real pain and not advisable.

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Play Chess in a floating window [revisited]
Authored by: Craigriver on Mar 28, '05 08:47:09PM

I agree Windows Media Player suck, but unfortunately we live in a Windows dominant world. And sometimes I must use it for my work. But thanks for the response in any case.



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