Hi Richmond Thanks for the quick reply and the example stack. I'm incorporating its ideas into my stack almost as I type!
2009/8/30 Richmond Mathewson <[email protected]>: > Just get rid of the backdrop: more trouble than it's worth and can > really cheese-off end-users who may want to access stuff on their > desktop at the same time as your app is running. > > OR, if you really feel the urge to have some sort of backdrop > use a vast substack with a neutral colour/texture that gets "pushed" > to the back when it is opened; make sure it stays there even when > end-users click on it: > > http://mathewson.110mb.com/FILEZ/Backdrop-O-Matic.rev.zip > > Ian McKnight wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I have a stack with a menu option to hide/show the backdrop In the IDE >> everything works as it should, however, in the standalone things >> don't. Specifically when the backdrop is visible and I drag the >> standalone's window it goes 'behind' the backdrop. The only way to >> regain control of the app then is to force quit from the Task Manager >> and run the app again. >> >> I put the following handler in the card script of each card in the >> stack, hoping that it would bring the stack back to the front again, >> with no affect. >> >> on mouseDownInBackdrop >> toplevel stack "backdropTest" >> end mousedowninbackdrop >> >> I searched the Quality Centre for related problems but came up empty. >> Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a workaround? >> At present I have had to disable the Show/Hide option in the menu bar >> but I would like to be able to provide it. >> >> I'm using revEnterprise 4.0 on Windows XP sp3 >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> Regards >> >> >> Ian McKnight >> >> [email protected] >> ======================= >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- Regards Ian McKnight [email protected] ======================= _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
