Getting a Service-based app frontmost
Getting a Service-based app frontmost
- Subject: Getting a Service-based app frontmost
- From: Ken Tabb <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 18:00:23 +0000
Hi folks,
after extensive searching on Cocoa Builder I still can't fathom a way
to do this.
I have a Service based app which offers 1 service. In the method that
gets called, I need my app's one and only window to become frontmost,
and furthermore, for a specific NSControl to become key, so that after
pressing the Service shortcut (when in another app) you can continue
pressing keys in order to interact with the Service app's GUI.
I can get as far as making the app's window frontmost. That's easy,
there are loads of ways to do it, ranging from setting the window level
to an "always in front" level such as NSScreenSaverLevel /
NSStatusWindowLevel / NSFloatingWindowLevel etc. to telling the window
-makeKeyAndOrderFront etc.
However, nothing I try allows my control (an NSTableView) to become
first responder _when_ called from the Service. Lots of things work
fine from within the fired up app (that offers the service) but when
invoked as a service, stuff doesn't work.
For instance as a desperate measure I even tried [[NSWorkspace
sharedWorkspace] hideOtherApplications]... this works when run from
'within' the app, but when invoked from a service, it does nothing (it
gets called... but that's about it). It doesn't even hide the 'wrong'
apps (i.e. in case at time of execution it thinks the invoking app is
the frontmost)... weird.
If I invoke the service, then as I say I get the window frontmost. I
can then manually click on the tableView's background (empty rows) and
it's fine, I can then get key presses in the tableview. But it's a wee
bit inelegant from the point of the user...
Am I thinking about this wrong? Is there a better way to present a
responsive service GUI from a single (service menu) keypress?
Thanks in advance for any tips,
Ken
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Dr. Ken Tabb
Mac & UNIX Developer - Health & Human Sciences
Machine Vision & Neural Network researcher - School of Computer Science
University of Hertfordshire, UK
http://www.health.herts.ac.uk/ken/
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