Re: Swap foreground and background windows
Re: Swap foreground and background windows
- Subject: Re: Swap foreground and background windows
- From: "Nigel Garvey" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 20:51:59 +0100
Luther Fuller wrote on Mon, 25 May 2009 13:10:38 -0500:
>… Could I change the order of windows, specifically, could I
>move the front window to the back? Here's the script ...
>
>tell application "TextEdit"
> activate
> set winList to (id of every window) as list
> set newOrder to (rest of winList) & {item 1 of winList}
>
> repeat with i from 1 to (count items of newOrder)
> set winID to (item i of newOrder)
> set index of window id winID to i
> end repeat
>end tell
>
>The first thing I noticed was that it didn't work.
When told to change a window's index, TextEdit puts the window in front
of the one that currently has the target index — which is fine when
bringing the window forward (the more usual situation), but not when
pushing it further back. In that case, it needs to go _behind_ the
current index holder. A general script for this purpose could look
something like this, which works with both TextEdit and Safari:
to changeIndex for thisWindow under thisApp to newIndex given
refocussing:refocussing
tell thisApp
set windowCount to (count windows)
if (newIndex < 0) then set newIndex to newIndex + windowCount + 1
--> Range check here if required <--
set oldIndex to thisWindow's index
set thisWindow's index to newIndex
if (oldIndex < newIndex) then set index of window newIndex to
newIndex - 1
if (refocussing) then tell (get window 1) to set {visible, visible}
to {false, true}
end tell
end changeIndex
tell application "TextEdit" -- or "Safari"
activate
my (changeIndex for window 1 under it to -1 with refocussing)
end tell
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