Doc link is here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSApplication_Class/Reference/Reference.html
The quote is from the Discussion section of the beginSheet:modalForWindow:modalDelegate:didEndSelector:contextInfo: method of NSApplication. Jim On 10 Jan, 2013, at 18:38 , Uli Kusterer <witness.of.teacht...@gmx.net> wrote: > On Jan 10, 2013, at 2:25 AM, Jim McGowan <jim_mcgo...@mac.com> wrote: >> On 9 Jan, 2013, at 6:11, Oleg Krupnov <oleg.krup...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I don't want to start a HIG flame on this, but just want to know if >>> it's technically possible to enable the close button of a window while >>> showing a modal sheet (NSApp beginSheet:modalForWindow:…) on it? >> >> The answer is in the documentation for that method: >> "While the application is in the run loop, it does not respond to any other >> events (including mouse, keyboard, or window-close events) unless they are >> associated with the sheet." > > I'd file a bug against that documentation (link?). Because the zoom and > minimize boxes certainly still work, the path popup when command-clicking the > window title too, as does resizing a window using the grow box or the window > edges, depending on which MacOS version you're running under. > > Try it: Open an RTF file in TextEdit, choose "Make Plain Text" from the > "Format" menu, then try what you can do to the window. > > That said, I doubt there's any supported (not to mention documented) way to > make the close box work while a sheet is up. If someone finds out, I'd love > to know how I can do that. I have a custom window where I'd want to achieve > standard behaviour by making my (fake) zoom and minimize boxes work while a > sheet is up. > > Cheers, > -- Uli Kusterer > "The Witnesses of TeachText are everywhere..." > http://www.zathras.de > _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
