Opening a stack *behind* another stack? (take 2)

Doug Lerner doug at webcrossing.com
Fri Jan 23 22:44:13 EST 2004


On 1/24/04 12:37 PM, "J. Landman Gay" <jacque at hyperactivesw.com> wrote:

> On 1/23/04 7:38 PM, Doug Lerner wrote:
> 
>> That *almost* works. The only problem is that even though I do the lock
>> screen before cloning the new stack, the new stack appears for a flicker of
>> a moment on top anyway anyway.
> 
> The "lock screen" command should really be thought of as "lock window".
> You can't really lock the entire screen because the OS draws the windows
> and you will always see a flash when it happens.

Ah. That must be what is happening.

> 
> The best you can to is open a window invisibly and then show it when it
> is needed, but I don't think this does what you want. You can also open
> a stack in the window of an existing stack, but then you don't have two
> windows any more.

What does that do? Replace the window?

doug



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