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Re: inappropriate tool palette activation problem
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Re: inappropriate tool palette activation problem


  • Subject: Re: inappropriate tool palette activation problem
  • From: Scott Stevenson <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:36:48 -0700


On Oct 17, 2007, at 12:45 AM, John Richetta wrote:

1. click in the active document, selecting object A for editing; object A selects, as expected

2. click in tool palette window in a text field or slider, to modify object A; instead of tool palette widget responding, tool palette window activates, and main document deactivates; click is consumed simply in activating the tool palette window

Something's busted. Click-through should be on by default in Cocoa controllers, panel or not:



"An item that provides click-through is one that a user can activate on an inactive window with one click, instead of clicking first to make the window active and then clicking the item"


[...] Cocoa: Click-through is on by default. You must explicitly disable click-through for specific controls. Do not assume that the default behavior is the correct behavior. Make sure to apply the above guidelines.

<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/ OSXHIGuidelines/XHIGWindows/chapter_17_section_4.html>


You should be able to recreate this in any two-window Cocoa app. Are you implementing custom controls/windows which circumvent normal Cocoa standards?


    - Scott
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