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Option-click on my app hides the other app
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Option-click on my app hides the other app


  • Subject: Option-click on my app hides the other app
  • From: Ben Haller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 17:11:55 -0700

This question has been asked three times before on the list, but has not been answered, so I figure there's no harm in asking it again to see if somebody has figured it out...

Background: If app A is active, and the user option-clicks on a window belonging to app B, not only does app B come active as usual, app A also hides. This is apparently intentional and documented behavior, although I was unaware of it until today. Wacky.

The problem: Unfortunately, I want to use option-clicks in my app, and I want to take clicks even when I'm not active (my window is floating and usable even when my app is not the active app). So this behavior gets in the way; the user just wants to option-click in my window, and the option-click hides the active app, which was not their intention.

Any way to turn off this facility? I am happy with a workaround that works only on 10.4, as my app will be 10.4-only anyway...

  Thanks!

Ben Haller
Stick Software

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