Thank you for the suggestion, unfortunately it does not fix the problem. I will 
probably end up using a tech support incident for this one.

- Ben


> On 15 Jun 2015, at 23:50, Quincey Morris 
> <quinceymor...@rivergatesoftware.com> wrote:
> 
> On Jun 15, 2015, at 13:38 , Ben <ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk 
> <mailto:ben_cocoa_dev_l...@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm trying to replicate a portion of UI in a manner similar to the formula 
>> editor of Numbers. For those not familiar, its a widget that floats above 
>> the spreadsheet grid featuring a text view and a button or two.
>> 
>> Currently I am using the addChildWindow:ordered: method on NSWindow to add a 
>> custom borderless window above the grid view and putting an NSTextView in 
>> that window. So far so good.
> 
> Have you tried implementing this with a NSPanel? It’s designed (when 
> configured with suitable options) to float over other windows — though not a 
> *specific* other window. It doesn’t take “main” status away from other 
> windows, and takes “key” status away only when firstResponder is actually in 
> one of its views (again when configured that way).
> 

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