Application disappears unexpectedly (goes into background)

Craig Newman craig at starfirelighting.com
Fri Dec 22 11:44:10 EST 2023


Bob.

Certainly, and I suppose that would be the place where Jacque's proposed “hide” commands might, er, hide.

Craig

> On Dec 22, 2023, at 11:30 AM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, resumeStack would trigger, wouldn’t it? 
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
>> On Dec 22, 2023, at 5:55 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Clicking on a titlebar sends no messages to LC, only to the OS, essentially saying “bring me to the front”.
>> 
>> The fact that all the card windows reappear when you do that seems very odd to me. If I hide a stack and then go somewhere else on my computer, that stack does not reappear just because I brought LC back to the front. Hidden stacks stay hidden until explicitly made visible, as they should.
>> 
>> Jacque’s  suggestion seems reasonable, but it seems like a long shot.
>> 
>> Have you tried restarting?
>> 
>> Can’t wait to hear how this (hopefully) resolves.
>> 
>> Craig
>> 
>>> On Dec 22, 2023, at 1:45 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Have you done a global search for the word "hide" in the scripts?
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>> On December 21, 2023 7:55:47 PM Alan Stenhouse via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've got a MacOS LC standalone that opens a stackfile external to the application. Whenever I click inside one of the stack windows which doesn't have current focus, all the stack windows disappear and reappear only when I switch to another application and back again. Activating a stack window by clicking on the window title bar works normally (i.e. does not disappear).
>>>> 
>>>> Has anyone else seen this at all? Any suggestions for tracking possible causes?
>>>> 
>>>> MacOS Ventura
>>>> Laptop M1
>>>> LC 10 dp... and LC9.11
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks a lot for any pointers!
>>>> 
>>>> cheers
>>>> Alan
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