Re: kCGStatusWindowLevel
Re: kCGStatusWindowLevel
- Subject: Re: kCGStatusWindowLevel
- From: edward taffel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 20 May 2014 19:26:22 -0400
On May 20, 2014, at 2:51 PM, Lee Ann Rucker <email@hidden> wrote:
> This sounds like something we hit in 10.9 fullscreen on secondary monitors; we had to do this to get it to setFrame where we told it:
>
> in NSWindow subclass:
>
> - (NSRect)constrainFrameRect: (NSRect)frameRect
> toScreen: (NSScreen *)screen
> {
> return frameRect;
> }
>
thank you for this. i suppose it’s six-of-one as to which technique is simpler —i’ll look into it.
> On May 20, 2014, at 8:55 AM, edward taffel wrote:
>
>> apologies keary,
>>
>> on reread, my question is badly cast: i should have read it the same as you.
>>
>> the issue is:
>>
>> i have an overlay (created programmatically w/ NSBorderlessWindowMask) at the top of my document view; after switching to full screen setFrame disregards my requested rect (without log emission) & adjusts to a max below the menu drop-down area. best coding practice suggests (to me) an arithmetical level adjustment like document-window-level plus one, but this does not attain. kCGOverlayWindowLevel does the trick, but kCGStatusWindowLevel is lower on the list & i wondered what class of window is intended at this level.
>>
>> thanks for your response!
>> edward
>>
>>
>> On May 20, 2014, at 10:59 AM, edward taffel <email@hidden> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On May 20, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Keary Suska <email@hidden> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On May 20, 2014, at 8:17 AM, edward taffel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> does anyone know where to find the definition of kCGStatusWindowLevel (NSStatusWindowLevel)? or alternatively, can anyone define it?
>>>>
>>>> NSStatusWindowLevel is declared in NSWindow.h, kCGStatusWindowLevel is declared in CGWindowLevel.h. Is it the actual numeric value of the constant that you want?
>>>
>>> no, the definition of a status window; i.e. what is it used for?
>>>
>>>> I would code against it, as it can easily change at any time without notice.
>>>
>>>> HTH,
>>>>
>>>> Keary Suska
>>>> Esoteritech, Inc.
>>>> "Demystifying technology for your home or business"
>>>>
>>>
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