Re: Hidden Cocoa apps have empty kAXWindowsAttribute
Re: Hidden Cocoa apps have empty kAXWindowsAttribute
- Subject: Re: Hidden Cocoa apps have empty kAXWindowsAttribute
- From: John Louch <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 13:09:39 -0800
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On mardi, mars 11, 2003, at 20:52 Europe/Paris, Mike Engber wrote:
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> On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 11:33 AM, Jirome Foucher wrote:
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>> On mardi, mars 11, 2003, at 17:25 Europe/Paris, Mike Engber wrote:
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>>>> Actually, it turns out that kAXWindowsAttribute still returns any
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>>>> minimized
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>>>> windows in the hidden Cocoa app, just not the unminimized ones !
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>>> The minimized ones _are_ visible to users, that's why they're
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>>> returned
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>> Sorry, but when I hide an app, the minimized windows that belong to
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>> this app are removed from the Dock..... So am I missing anything ?
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> Sorry, I misread your post. If the app is hidden you shouldn't get any
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> windows from Cocoa, minimized or not.
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For hidden Cocoa apps :
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- minimized windows are listed
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- other windows are not listed
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For hidden Carbon apps :
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- ALL windows are listed
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I personnaly think Carbon apps have this right.
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There's NO real difference between a hidden application and an
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application whose windows are covered by the front app's ones, no
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matter if you're blind or not.
And we are telling you that there is a difference. If a window is truly
hidden then our system can be smart and destroy resources for this window.
If it is just obscured then we cannot do this. This is an implementation
detail, but it allows us to save resources throughout the system.
Thanks,
jl
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Jirome
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