On May 20, 2014, at 5:18 PM, Keary Suska <cocoa-...@esoteritech.com> wrote:
> On May 20, 2014, at 9:55 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. > > AFAIK, status window level is for windows belonging to NSStatusItems. go figure—i’ve never fiddled with status bar items: i thought something completely different. i wish they would note this in the header. > I am not completely educated on full screen issues, but I imagine since > changing the window layer changes its behavior, the full screen semantics are > using the window layer as a hint to handle resizing. Just for grins, what > happens when you send -toggleFullScreen: to your overlay? the overlay has no life of its own; it’s managed by the window it’s attached to—toggleFullScreen is out of its context. &, i’ve just looked up toggleFullScreen (again): i’ve never seen a method description more in need of editing. thanks for your comments keary! > >> On May 20, 2014, at 10:59 AM, edward taffel <etaf...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> On May 20, 2014, at 10:41 AM, Keary Suska <cocoa-...@esoteritech.com> 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. > > > Keary Suska > Esoteritech, Inc. > "Demystifying technology for your home or business" > _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
