Re: Dismissing Open dlog before doc actually opens
Re: Dismissing Open dlog before doc actually opens
- Subject: Re: Dismissing Open dlog before doc actually opens
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:56:20 -0700
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013, at 04:38 PM, Steve Mills wrote:
> On Aug 13, 2013, at 16:33:25, Kyle Sluder <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013, at 11:02 AM, Steve Mills wrote:
> >
> >> We expect the Open dlog to be modal, not modeless. Any other ideas? I
> >> also tried calling orderOut after runModal returned, but it didn't make
> >> it go away.
> >
> > Running an open panel modally is a user-hostile experience that prevents
> > the user from interacting with other documents. OS X applications should
> > not behave this way.
>
> Apple didn't feel that way in the past, so I don't believe it's
> user-hostile.
And for a long time you used to have to keep the mouse button held down
while navigating a menu hierarchy. Times change.
> I tried creating and draining an NSAutoreleasePool - didn't work. I
> tried orderOut and even close - didn't work. I'll take a look at Bryan's
> suggestion next.
The fact that -orderOut: didn't dismiss the open panel points at a
deeper issue with your code that's probably worth investigating.
--Kyle Sluder
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