Re: Autoraise
Re: Autoraise
- Subject: Re: Autoraise
- From: Scott Thompson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 15:57:36 -0600
On Nov 14, 2003, at 10:09 PM, Kurt Bigler wrote:
on 11/14/03 12:43 PM, Scott Buchanan <email@hidden> wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone here know if the autoraise behavior of the Apple window
server can be changed. I need to have one window remain on top while
making selection in the other window. So I would only like the window
to raise if I click the border, like some other servers. It there a
'default' I can set. BTW is there a listing of the defaults that can
be set?
Apple has never provided an option to *not* bring a window forward
when it
is clicked in. It was apparently a design goal to avoid the additional
complexity that allowing that behavior would cause the user. This is
part
of the "Mac is simple" single-button-mouse mentality.
The only option there has ever been is whether a click that brings an
application or a window forward (2 separate criteria, application vs
window)
also causes action within the window, also known sometimes as "click
thru".
But this is only controllable at the application programming level,
not as a
user option.
This is not strictly true. Under Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X, if you command
click on the drag region for a window you can drag it around without
having it come to the front first.
Scott
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