On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:02 AM, Mike Swingler <swing...@apple.com> wrote: > On Jan 3, 2014, at 10:13 AM, David DeHaven <david.deha...@oracle.com> wrote: > >> >>> when I drag something over a Finder window that is partially in the >>> background it automatically brings itself in the background after a >>> short delay. Is this something I have to specifically program into my >>> Java application or is there some global flag/property to activate >>> this behavior or anything else I have to know to achieve this >>> properly? >> >> I don't think that's a "free" behavior. It's possible the DnD handlers in >> Finder are just pushing the target window to the front after the delay. >> >> You should be able to do the same by calling Frame.toFront() after some >> delay. > > This is not standard AppKit behavior, but rather, standard Carbon / Classic > Mac OS behavior. At this point, Finder is simply emulating this behavior > programmatically. As David says, Frame.toFront() should do the right thing in > this case. >
Thanks to both of you! I will do that then.