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how to make/move a new window underneath the other windows
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how to make/move a new window underneath the other windows


  • Subject: how to make/move a new window underneath the other windows
  • From: Kim Holburn <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 11:17:42 +1100

Hi,

I have a script that creates a window (it's a Mail.app rule script) so it uses a command from the Mail.app library:

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set theWindow to make new message viewer with properties {visible:true}
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Now the window appears at the top of all windows, which is I assume the end of the list of (all or just Mail.app?) windows.

How can I put it underneath other Mail.app windows? (at the start of the windows?)

I have tried various things, I have tried to raise other windows (although this would automatically bring Mail.app to the front which is not what I want).

I have tried :

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set theWindow to make new message viewer at beginning of windows with properties {visible:true}
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set theWindow to make new message viewer with properties {visible:true}
set myindex to index of theWindow
move window myindex of the windows to beginning of the windows
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move window index of theWindow of the windows to beginning of the windows
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move window theWindow of the windows to beginning of the windows
move window theWindow to beginning of the windows
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try
set mymainwindow to MainWindow
end try
set theWindow to make new message viewer with properties {visible:true}
try
tell mymainwindow
raise
end tell
end try
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(MainWindow and Raise came from examining Mail.app with the UIElementInspector I haven't seen either MainWindow nor Raise in any other documentation -- for instance it doesn't show up in the Mail.app dictionary)


Any help gratefully appreciated.

Kim
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