Change position of "answer dialog as sheet"

Mike Bonner bonnmike at gmail.com
Tue May 5 09:16:38 EDT 2015


Would it work to add a 20px transparent edge to the top of your windowshape
graphic?

On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 2:31 AM, Scott Rossi <scott at tactilemedia.com> wrote:

> Hi Rolf:
>
> I don't believe it is possible to specify where a sheet originates from.
> Even so, it would seem to be easy enough to use a group within the window
> as your sheet dialog.  The benefit is it could work on multiple platforms,
> instead of just OS X.
>
> With the above said, you could set up a kludgy arrangement with two
> windows -- one is your main stack, and one is the stack that
> holds/displays the sheet.  By enabling the systemWindow of the sheet
> stack, disabling its shadow (Mac), and setting its height to 1 pixel, the
> sheet stack can be virtually invisible while it displays the sheet dialog,
> and the systemWindow setting keeps it layered above the main stack.  I
> have tried it here (on OS X) and it works.
>
> There is an obvious limitation in that the main stack can be dragged
> separately from the sheet dialog, but if you can work around this, using
> two windows is one way to display an offset sheet dialog.
>
> Regards,
>
> Scott Rossi
> Creative Director
> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design
>
>
>
>
> On 5/5/15, 12:52 AM, "Rolf Kocherhans" <rolf.kocherhans at id.uzh.ch> wrote:
>
> >Is it possible to change the location of an „answer dialog as sheet“ on
> >OS X ?
> >
> >I know that we can change the loc of a normal dialog box (preOpenStack),
> >but can we
> >also do the same with a dialog box opened as sheet respectively a stack
> >opened as sheet ?
> >
> >I would like to move the dialog box/stack down approx. 20 pixels because I
> >would like to use it in a stack with a custom window shape.
> >
> >Otherwise I have to use groups :-(
> >
> >Cheers
> >Rolf
> >
> >
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