> It appears that processes with a GUI called through "osascript" cause the
> cancellation of the F11 Desktop View. I tested with 4 different
> widget.system() calls:
> (1) /bin/date
> (2) /bin/ls
> (3) /usr/bin/osascript -->(iTunes)
> (4) /usr/bin/osascript -->(Finder)
> The second two cause F11 Desktop View to cancel while the first two do not.
What are the scripts that are being called?
>
> Is there any known workaround for this? This could really sink the
> acceptance of a dashboard widget if it disables the F11 Desktop View like
> this. If users want to keep the widget permanently on their desktop, they
> would have to give up their F11 Desktop View.
>
> Brian
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: John Louch <email@hidden>
> To: Brian Klock <email@hidden>, <email@hidden>
> Subject: Re: Calling widget.system() and F11 Desktop view
> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:01:04 -0800
>
> So it is not widget.system. I just wrote a widget that lets you type
> anything in, and then calls widget.system on it.
>
> I put in some simple commands like ls, etc. And Show Desktop was not
> cancelled. Most likely the widget in question is causing some other app to
> come to the front which causes show desktop to be canceled.
>
> Thanks,
> jl
>
>> Aha. Yes, I am in developer mode so I can have all of my widgets showing
>> even without the Dashboard Layer showing. With a widget showing in
>> developer mode, when the widget makes a call to widget.system(), the F11
>> Desktop View is cancelled if it was activated at that moment.
>>
>> (1) Open a widget (one that makes periodic calls to widget.system())
>> (2) Drag it and press the F12 Dashboard Key while you're dragging it
>> (3) Leave the widget visible on the desktop
>> (4) Press F11 Desktop View
>>
>> ----> As soon as the widget makes a call to widget.system(), the F11
> Desktop
>> View is
>> cancelled as if you pressed F11 again
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>> ----Original Message Follows----
>> From: John Louch <email@hidden>
>> To: Brian Klock <email@hidden>, <email@hidden>
>> Subject: Re: Calling widget.system() and F11 Desktop view
>> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:21:54 -0800
>>
>> I don't understand what you are saying. showing the widget layer cancels
>> F11, show desktop. Can you give use reproducible steps of your problem?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> jl
>>
>>> Has anyone found a way to prevent calls to widget.system() from
>> cancelling
>>> the F11 Desktop View? I can't think of a reason that Apple would write
>> the
>>> API that way, there must be a good reason I haven't thought up.
>>>
>>> As a user that is quite annoying, with a widget that runs a period
>>> widget.system() script it more or less disables the F11 Desktop View.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
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