Re: NSView directly drawn on screen?
Re: NSView directly drawn on screen?
- Subject: Re: NSView directly drawn on screen?
- From: Chunk 1978 <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:17 -0400
if you don't want your apps window to become focused, you have to
return NO on canBecomeKeyWindow, but if you want it to appear above
the other windows, you should set it's level higher. here's some code
you can use as a guide:
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#import "DesktopWindow.h"
@implementation DesktopWindow
- (id)initWithContentRect:(NSRect)contentRect styleMask:(unsigned
int)aStyle backing:(NSBackingStoreType)bufferingType defer:(BOOL)flag
{
[super initWithContentRect:contentRect
styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered
defer:NO];
[self setLevel: NSNormalWindowLevel +1];
// there are several window levels, check the documentation for the
one that you require, and make sure that it's lower than the
screensaver if you don't want it to be visible when the screensaver is
active.
[self setBackgroundColor:[NSColor colorWithDeviceWhite:1.0 alpha:1.0]];
[self setOpaque:YES];
NSRect screenFrame = [[NSScreen mainScreen] frame];
[self setFrame:screenFrame display:YES];
return self;
}
- (BOOL)canBecomeKeyWindow
{
return NO;
}
@end
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On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 3:11 AM, John Ku<email@hidden> wrote:
> Thank you, I had that implemented. The problem still persist where my
> subclass of NSWindow gets focused and deactivates the current running
> program's window.
> I want to have NSWindow to get keyboard/mouse events and still not
> deactivate/lose focus of your current running application.
>
> Let's say I have Safari in focus,
> currently running, and when user clicks on my menu bar application, pop up
> menu appears and listens for keyboard/mouse events. But safari window still
> remains active, or at least doesn't lose focus on the window.
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:59 PM, Chunk 1978 <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>> NSBorderlessWindowMask (i think that's what it's called) is what
>> you're looking for. Apple supplies a sample app here:
>> http://developer.apple.com/samplecode/RoundTransparentWindow/index.html
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:51 AM, John Ku<email@hidden> wrote:
>> > What I am trying to achieve is like CoverSutra's:
>> > screenshot1.png<
>> http://sophiestication.s3.amazonaws.com/images/coversutra/screenshot1.png>
>> > A menu bar pop up menu where there is key/responder event but yet doesn't
>> > switch away from the current running application.
>> >
>> > I experiemented with various NSWindow settings, but it always deactivates
>> > the current application and switches to my app.
>> >
>> > I am a starting coder so I haven't fully comprehended Apple's provided
>> > documents. But my wild wild guess is drawing an NSView directly without
>> > NSWindow. Would this work? Is this
>> > possible? What other ways can this be done?
>> >
>> >
>> > Thank you all,
>> > John
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