Re: -[NSWindow orderOut:] vs. -[NSWindow performClose:]
Re: -[NSWindow orderOut:] vs. -[NSWindow performClose:]
- Subject: Re: -[NSWindow orderOut:] vs. -[NSWindow performClose:]
- From: Jeff Johnson <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 15:34:58 -0500
On May 18, 2011, at 1:35 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Jeff Johnson
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>> On May 17, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
>>
>>> When the panel is summoned, I want the panel to remember the
>>> "document" window on whose toolbar item the user clicked, or none if
>>> the panel was summoned by the menu item. This is because I want to
>>> bring that window forward when I dismiss the panel, or if the menu
>>> item was used I will just bring the frontmost document window forward.
>>
>> I'm not sure I understand why you want to mess with the window ordering. When you dismiss the panel, the window that was previously front becomes front again, no? Isn't that what the user expects?
>
> I meant "dismiss by clicking the OK button." So perhaps "confirm"
> would be a better choice.
>
> Basically, I want to support clicking the "Add Item" button in Window
> A, switching to Window B to look up some relevant information,
> entering the information into the New Item Panel, then clicking OK.
> That should create the new item in Window A's sidebar and bring Window
> A to the front.
>
> --Kyle Sluder
Wouldn't you want to tie a notification to the OK action rather than to the window closing? I don't know if you have a Cancel too, but if so, you wouldn't want that to bring the window forward.
It's kind of disappointing that nobody else has chimed in on this thread, because it's a pretty fundamental Cocoa issue.
-Jeff
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