I want to pop up a window in response to a hot key. So I'm creating
a window, setting it makeKeyAndOrderFront, and I'm calling [NSApp
activateIgnoringOtherApps] so that it gets focus.
The thing is, activateIgnoringOtherApps seems to bring ALL my app's
windows in front of other windows (my app has other windows),
whereas all I want is to pop up my new window in front of the
currently active application without affecting the order of my app's
other windows, and leaving the previously active app to be second to
top.
Has anyone got any idea how to achieve that?
You can use SetFrontProcessWithOptions with
kSetFrontProcessFrontWindowOnly.
On the other hand, you should generally avoid bringing your
application to the front except in response to user action/request.
Ideally, the order of applications and windows is for the user to
decide.
If you need the user's attention, you can use NSAlert or -
[NSApplication requestUserAttention:]. (I believe the former uses the
latter.)
Cheers,
Ken
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