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phton777
window allways on top
Jun 9th, 2007, 10:33pm  
Hello,
Is there any way to keep an applet generated using processing always on top of all other windows?  The program runs on the users machine locally, not as part of a webpage.

...Or if that's not possible, is there some function that can be called periodically to bring the program to the top?  (I could call this every few seconds, for example)

Thanks,
Tom
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kof
Re: window allways on top
Reply #1 - Jul 7th, 2007, 9:49pm  
Hi tom,

try to type this in setup..

Code:

frame.setAlwaysOnTop(true);


.. for more frame functions:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Frame.html

I am not sure if all of them will work in processing.. more correctly, I am sure that some of them will not.

regards, Kof.
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jorgecardoso
Re: window allways on top
Reply #2 - Jul 8th, 2007, 2:42pm  
Code:
frame.setAlwaysonTop(true)

works (I used it) but I think it a Java 1.5 function...
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kof
Re: window allways on top
Reply #3 - Jul 8th, 2007, 6:07pm  
Yes, you're right. It's a java 1.5 function. My fault, I don't use processing with it's own java {think 1.4.2 (?)}, I just did not realize that.

...

BtW, some of the frame functions works well outside of processing, I mean for example eclipse+processingCore the function:

Code:
frame.setUndecorated(true);

.. gives nice looking frame without a classic border {win}, but from whitin processing I can't get this work.

.. Right, this is just an aesthetic detail, rather than essential function. And I can also imagine what a headache is all around java-frame's implementation to processing.

regards, kof
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kof
Re: window allways on top
Reply #4 - Jul 13th, 2007, 12:49am  
I'm really sorry for double-posting,

just mentioned that, function "frame.setUndecorated(true);" working well, but you have to tell (of course) what is the frame you want to undecorate.. "this.frame.setUndecorated(true);"..

Hmm, my banal mistake.

FIN
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