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the8bitdeity
01-21-2009, 02:32 AM
This one is a doozy, and not sure if it's easily implemented.

I find that frequently I'll be editing a plugin, typically an AUX. I'll quickly want one of my stacks to send to said AUX. Only I'd prefer to keep the plugin window key.

Is it possible to see if a control in a non-key window is underneath the mouse, that way you can edit a mixer parameter without making the mixer key?

I've seen Safari do this with scroll. If you have a webpage open, but Safari is NOT foremost, you can still mouse scroll a webpage with Safari (if the mouse is not over your key window).

I guess the question is, when DOES the window become key though, eh? Maybe only if you mouse click on a non-control?

Just food for thought as, while I enjoy all of the plugin windows getting their own window, sometimes hitting Cmd-Tilde get tedious to get back to my plugin.

jim
01-21-2009, 05:41 PM
If you hold down the command key, you can mouse a non-key window without it becoming the frontmost window. This should work for all OS X apps.

Cheers,
Jim

the8bitdeity
01-23-2009, 12:58 AM
That works! Cheers!