The Backdrop's Purpose In Life

[Bob Sneidar]

By way of reminder I am having the issue with Windows 10, as my Ventura laptop is still down. (Apparently Apple has not fixed the boot failure problem when doing a minor system update.) 

Apparently Windows treats every open window as it's own application instance. Alt-Tabbing to an LC window only brings that one window to the front. No pallets or toolbars come with it. But enabling the backdrop fixes that. 

Bob Sneidar

-----Original Message-----
From: use-livecode <use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com> On Behalf Of J. Landman Gay via use-livecode
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2023 2:46 PM
To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
Cc: J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
Subject: Re: The Backdrop's Purpose In Life

Did you try Cmd-tab to cycle to another app and back? Does it also work if you bring another app to the front and then use the dock to return to LC? 
If so that would be good news.

I did find a backdrop glitch in a standalone on Monterey. Only one window showed where there should have been two.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com On May 27, 2023 10:06:43 AM Richmond via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Note that the LC backdrop with LC 9.6.3 community works just fine with 
> MacOS Ventura.
>
> Kisses, Richmond.
>
> On 27.05.23 6:58, panagiotis m via use-livecode wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Note that the LC backdrop does not work on MacOS Ventura.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Panos
>>
>> On Fri, 26 May 2023, 22:23 J. Landman Gay via use-livecode, < 
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/26/23 1:14 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>>>> Bob Sneidar wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   > HA! I just figured out what the purpose of the backdrop is!
>>>>   > If you have multiple LC windows open and you tab to another
>>>>   > app's window, then tab back to the LC window, ONLY that LC
>>>>   > window will appear in the foreground. With Backdrop on, ALL
>>>>   > the LC windows will become visible when you tab to any LC
>>>>   > window.
>>>>
>>>> The OS vendors help with that too:
>>>>
>>>> Windows: Shift-click Taskbar icon -> "Bring All Windows Forward"
>>>>
>>>> macOS:   Window menu -> Bring All to Front
>>>>
>>> Clicking the icon in the Mac Dock also brings all windows forward.
>>> --
>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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