I'd like to create a window that would behave exactly as a sheet, except that it doesn't slide down from the window title bar, but fades in instead. The "sheet" should be modal, but the parent window should still be resizable and closable.
For this reason (and also some others), I can't use [NSApp beginSheet: modalForWindow: modalDelegate: didEndSelector:] So I created the sheet window and used [NSWindow addChildWindow:ordered: ] to add it to the parent so that the sheet would move together with the parent. Next, I tried to use [NSApp runModalForWindow:], but in this case the parent window becomes not resizeable and not closeable -- any click on the parent window simply causes the beep sound while the sheet is showing. This is not how the "natural" sheet window works though. So I ended up with simply overriding canBecomeKeyWindow in the parent window to return "NO" and also overriding canBecomeKeyWindow in the sheet window to return "YES" and then making the sheet window the key window. This works perfectly except for a single little problem. The title bar of the parent window and its "traffic light" window buttons are grayed our like if the parent window wasn't key window (which is true though). However, when a "natural" sheet is showing, the title bar of the parent window and the "traffic light" buttons are displayed normally, as if the parent window was the key window, even though the key focus is inside the sheet window. What is the trick I am missing that allows the natural sheet window to behave like this? Thanks _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
