Which window had focus

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Robert W. Kuhn - 24 Nov 2004 13:23 GMT

Hello,

I have a windowcontroller and coded a
- (void)windowDidBecomeKey:(NSNotification *)aNotification

What I do want to know is which window had the focus before my window
gets the focus. How can I do that?

Thanks and bye - Robert

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Robert W. Kuhn - 24 Nov 2004 13:52 GMT

Robert W. Kuhn <robert.w.kuhn@gmail.com> schrieb:

> I have a windowcontroller and coded a
> - (void)windowDidBecomeKey:(NSNotification *)aNotification
>
> What I do want to know is which window had the focus before my window
> gets the focus. How can I do that?

I tried

    NSArray * arr=[[NSApplication sharedApplication] orderedWindows];
    NSLog(@"%i", [arr count]); //always 1
    myWndHadFocus=[arr objectAtIndex:0];


My programm: no window, only a NSStatusitem. myWndHadFocus is now always my
Statusitem :-( (btw. its funny to make a [myWndHadFocus miniaturize:self];
then).

Am I on the wrong way?

Bye - Robert

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Simon Slavin - 26 Nov 2004 17:23 GMT

On 24/11/2004, Robert W. Kuhn wrote in message
<slrncq92qu.4hr.robert.w.kuhn@powermac.vermtech.de>:

Two possibilities:

1) Walk the window list and find which window is second from
front.

2) Set up notifications for your other windows and
note which became key (or resigned key) most recently.

Simon.

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Which window had focus