Bringing a substack to the front

2013-10-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
I've searched the dictionary for top front, but I'm not seeing the command to move a stack to the front, similarly to set the layer of myButton to top Surely it's there? -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list

Re: Bringing a substack to the front

2013-10-14 Thread Roger Eller
lock screen set the systemWindow stack MyTopStack to true set the systemWindow stack MyTopStack to false -- do this if the stack shouldn't stay on top unlock screen ~Roger On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Dr. Hawkins doch...@gmail.com wrote: I've searched the dictionary for top front, but

Re: Bringing a substack to the front

2013-10-14 Thread Dr. Hawkins
On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.comwrote: lock screen set the systemWindow stack MyTopStack to true set the systemWindow stack MyTopStack to false -- do this if the stack shouldn't stay on top unlock screen Wow. This does exactly what I needed. The

Re: Bringing a substack to the front

2013-10-14 Thread Paul Hibbert
Have you looked at Go? It has a few parameters that may help in what you are looking for. Paul On 2013-10-14, at 9:59 AM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 9:49 AM, Roger Eller roger.e.el...@sealedair.comwrote: lock screen set the systemWindow stack MyTopStack to true set

Re: Bringing a substack to the front

2013-10-14 Thread Roger Eller
Yeah, it kinda flashes as it becomes a system window and back, which is why I included lock screen. Paul's suggestion to try GO also works, but I have found that other applications can still cover it up, especially on OS X. ~Roger On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote: On Mon,