I often use a script like this at the stack level, but I’m sure I’m missing 
your point.

on controlKeyDown pKey

if pKey = "e" then set the style of stack "TextOmatic" to topLevel

if pKey = "p" then set the style of stack "TextOmatic" to palette

end controlKeyDown


Roger




> On Nov 22, 2016, at 4:04 PM, Bob Sneidar <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> THAT is interesting! Out of curiosity, I wonder if a stack can then go to 
> itself non-modally! I've often wanted to have a menu item that can 
> de-modalize an open stack so I can step through the code when troubleshooting.
> 
> Bob S
> 
> 
> On Nov 22, 2016, at 14:16 , Richard Gaskin 
> <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
> I usually prefer to break up the handler for code flow simplicity, but IIRC 
> you should be able to open the dialog invisibly, then show it and go to it 
> "as modal" and it'll retain the modal layering while allowing the current 
> handler to keep running.
> 
> It's been a long time since I've tried that, though, and with all the event 
> changes for Cocoa I wouldn't be surprised if the event management was 
> tightened up a bit since then.
> 
> --
> Richard Gaskin
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