comeToFront

Trygve Reenskaug trygver at ifi.uio.no
Tue Nov 13 12:06:15 UTC 2007


Issue now reported on Mantis
--Trygve

On 13.11.2007 07:18, Jerome Peace wrote:
> comeToFront
>
>
> Hi Trygve and Karl,
>
> This would be a good issue to make a mantis report.
> It's clearly something that needs to be tracked. 
>
> I've looked at the system window internals. I bet that
> some serious study will need to be made before a
> stable repair can be made. So a mantis report would be
> a good place to collect analysis and repair attempts.
>
> It would also be good to have a user story. What would
> be a simple description of the way it should behave?
>
> Hth,
> Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace
>
>  
> ***
>   
>> Trygve Reenskaug trygver at ifi.uio.no 
>> Mon Nov 12 17:34:57 UTC 2007 
>>
>>
>> Thanks Karl. I quickly wrote a hack and observed that
>>     
> it works in at 
>   
>> least one case....
>> Haven't the knowledge nor the time to make a firm bug
>>     
> fix proposal.
>   
>> I replaced 'TopWindow == self ifFalse: ' in the 
>> SystemWindows>>mouseDown: with:
>>    ((w := self world) notNil and: [w firstSubmorph
>>     
> == self]) ifFalse:
>   
>> I have no idea if it is safe to ignore TopWindow
>>     
> here.
>   
>> Cheers
>> --Trygve
>>
>> On 12.11.2007 14:02, Karl wrote:
>>     
>>> Ah, the dreadful SystemWindow internals ;-)
>>> SystemWindows>>mouseDown: evt
>>>
>>>    | outerMorph |
>>>    self setProperty: #clickPoint toValue: evt
>>>       
> cursorPoint.
>   
>>>    TopWindow == self ifFalse:
>>>        [evt hand releaseKeyboardFocus.
>>>        self activate].
>>>
>>> The top window will not activate if it is the top
>>>       
> window...
>   
>>> There could be a check to see if it was the front
>>>       
> most morph as well I 
>   
>>> guess.
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>> Trygve Reenskaug wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Squeak3.10beta.7143
>>>>
>>>> I have a DemoWindow, sco PasteUpMorph.
>>>> The DemoWindow opens on top.
>>>> I open a Browser, it masks part of  the
>>>>         
> DemoWindow.
>   
>>>> I click the DemoWindow , but have to move it to
>>>>         
> make it go on top.
>   
>>>> The browser doesn't go on top if I click inside
>>>>         
> it, I have to click 
>   
>>>> its border (move it).
>>>>
>>>> I set the demo window option "resist being picked
>>>>         
> up".
>   
>>>> It is now hard to make the demo window go on top,
>>>>         
> so I add the 
>   
>>>> following method:
>>>>
>>>>     DemoWindow >>mouseDown: evt
>>>>         evt yellowButtonPressed  ifTrue: [^ self 
>>>> yellowButtonActivity: evt shiftPressed].
>>>>         self eventHandler ifNotNil: [self
>>>>         
> eventHandler mouseDown: evt 
>   
>>>> fromMorph: self].
>>>>         self comeToFront.
>>>>
>>>> Now the DemoWindow goes on top when I click it (as
>>>>         
> it should).
>   
>>>> But the only way to make the Browser go on top is
>>>>         
> to click its border 
>   
>>>> (move it).
>>>>
>>>> I have also tried /'evt hand newKeyboardFocus:
>>>>         
> self.'/ with the same 
>   
>>>> result.
>>>> /'self activate'/ doesn't work on a Morph (but it
>>>>         
> works on a 
>   
>>>> SystemWindow)
>>>>
>>>> What's happening?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> --Trygve
>>>>
>>>> PS
>>>> I have looked at the excellent documentation in
>>>>         
> '/Squeak by Example/' 
>   
>>>> and '/A GUIDE TO WORK WITH
>>>> SQUEAK MORPH CLASSES/', and '/An Introduction to
>>>>         
> Morphic: The Squeak 
>   
>>>> User Interface Framework/' without finding an
>>>>         
> answer. I have also 
>   
>>>> tried to google, but have not found anything
>>>>         
> written by people who 
>   
>>>> knew what was happening.
>>>>         
>> -- 
>>
>> Trygve Reenskaug      mailto: trygver at ifi.uio.no
>> Morgedalsvn. 5A       http://folk.uio.no/trygver
>> N-0378 Oslo           Tel: (+47) 22 49 57 27
>> Norway 
>>
>>     
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Trygve Reenskaug      mailto: trygver at ifi.uio.no
Morgedalsvn. 5A       http://folk.uio.no/trygver
N-0378 Oslo           Tel: (+47) 22 49 57 27
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