How to get Window on top of all?

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Lorenzo - 17 Jun 2007 22:05 GMT

I have an NSStatusItem and I would like for its prefs window (NSWindow
not an NSPanel) to appear above all others when shown. Instead, it will
appear behind whatever window is currently the key window. How do I make
mine appear above all?
TIA

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MuahMan - 17 Jun 2007 22:52 GMT

Windows is already on top of all! OS X is dead with it's 2% market share.
LOL@ Mactards!

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Patrick Machielse - 17 Jun 2007 23:58 GMT

> I have an NSStatusItem and I would like for its prefs window (NSWindow
> not an NSPanel) to appear above all others when shown. Instead, it will
> appear behind whatever window is currently the key window. How do I make
> mine appear above all?

The best solution is probably to make the application that owns the
status item the active application:

[NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
[preferenceWindow makeKeyAndOrderFront:nil];

'normal' programs are already active when the user clicks a menu item,
but that is not the case with status items.

patrick

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Lorenzo - 18 Jun 2007 01:18 GMT

> [NSApp activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];

Thanks, that's it. I guess because its not a 'normal' application, I
didn't think to look at the NSApplication class.

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