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Seems to work for me
Authored by: aranor on May 19, '02 04:32:17PM

This works for me. I haven't found a single Carbon app (not even the finder) that can make the UI elements react to a command-click without activating the app. But Cocoa apps do this fine. To test: Open a new finder window, go to a folder that activates the vertical scrollbar. Go to a different app and try to command-drag the scrollbar tab. The Finder activates. Now try it with SNAX. SNAX will stay in the background.

What was described as working on Carbon apps as well is command-dragging the titlebar of a window, which works in all apps regardless of Carbon or Cocoa status.



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Ditto here...
Authored by: robg on May 19, '02 04:44:48PM

I tested this before I published it -- excluding click and drag on a window title bar, any click in the Finder (or IE or Mozilla or about five others I tested it with) brings the app immediately to the foreground; a command-click in a Cocoa app does no such thing.

So to disprove the tip, can someone name a Carbon app that will stay in the background when command clicked? None of mine seem to...

-rob.



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re: Seems to work for me
Authored by: eo on May 19, '02 06:42:29PM

Gotta say it works. Cool! You naysayers aren't just command-dragging the window titlebar are you? That ain't the tip.



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re: Seems to work for me
Authored by: el bid on May 20, '02 05:42:59AM
You naysayers aren't just command-dragging the window titlebar are you? That ain't the tip.

Well, let's not make a Federal case out of it, but the original hint said:

hold down the command key and try to manipulate
any user interface element (scroll bar, popup menu,
it doesn't matter)

The simplest UI element is the window itself, and that's what I manipulated in trying a quick test of the theory.

Ah, but the window doesn't belong to the app. The window is provided for the app by the window manager.

So, yes, you're right, and I am a very silly el bid.

But as I say, let's not make a Federal case out of it. :-)

--
el bid


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