Re: Intermittent invisible NSWindow
Re: Intermittent invisible NSWindow
- Subject: Re: Intermittent invisible NSWindow
- From: Tom Doan via Cocoa-dev <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2021 18:07:54 -0600
- Priority: normal
Unfortunately, it appears that it's 100% predictable---it fails on a M1
chipped computer and works on an Intel chipped computer (or an
M1 running the software through Rosetta).
> I can say it has been true in the past, even if it is no longer the
> case. It is not something I test with each OS release. I certainly can
> move a window almost entirely offscreen-enough to not notice it at
> least. Also, your suggestion that the window may have an invalid size
> could also be the case, additionally revealed by logging the window
> frame. I have seen some auto layout wonkiness that forces too-small
> frame, though not enough to make it disappear.
>
> Keary Suska
> Esoteritech, Inc.
> "Demystifying technology for your home or business"
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>
>
> > On Nov 15, 2021, at 7:13 AM, Tom Doan via Cocoa-dev
> > <email@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, but is that true? I've tried forcing the window off screen
> > with setFrame: and it still shows up (generally pinned to the top of
> > the visible frame) even though the [NSWindow frame] returns the
> > "off-screen" location that I programmed in. The only way I have
> > found to make the window "invisible" is to give it a non-positive
> > size, and then pulling it off the window menu still won't show it.
> >
> >> Have you logged the window coordinates? It might be placed fully
> >> offscreen, and that would produce the behavior you are seeing.
> >>
> >> Keary Suska
> >> Esoteritech, Inc.
> >> "Demystifying technology for your home or business"
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Nov 13, 2021, at 9:52 AM, Tom Doan via Cocoa-dev
> >>> <email@hidden> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I'm having a problem with an application where a small percentage
> >>> of users have one particular NSWindow type which doesn't show even
> >>> though it goes through a makeKeyAndOrderFront. It's on the window
> >>> list and will open if they do a tile, cascade or window switch
> >>> operation, but doesn't come up initially. I can't reproduce this
> >>> on any of my computers running three different flavors of MacOS
> >>> (including Big Sur and Monterey). What should I be looking for
> >>> that might cause this behavior.
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>>
> >>> Tom Doan
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