Hide stack change focus not supported 64bit

[Bill Vlahos]

Bob,

I want my stack to completely hide not make another window of my application the frontmost. I want the target application (like a web browser page) that was underneath my app to now have focus.

Thanks,
Bill

> On Mar 29, 2020, at 2:21 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Whaaa?? That is what I was seeing! In my case I used go invisible <stack name>. The stack I went to got focus, but going back to the calling stack did NOT return focus. What I ended up doing is using set the defaultStack to <your stack>
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
> On Mar 29, 2020, at 2:17 PM, Bill Vlahos via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> I have a stack that needs to hide itself so a different window (other application) is now the frontmost window so my application can use AppleScript keystroke command to enter information into the other window.
> 
> When I issue the command hide this stack my application window disappears but doesn’t lose focus. The target application that was behind my floating window doesn’t become the frontmost application.
> 
> The documentation in 9.5.1 says that hide stack is not supported in 64bit. What is the alternative for MacOS X 64bit to temporarily hide my application?
> 
> Thank you,
> Bill Vlahos
> 
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