How do I keep the IDE tool bar from disappearing on iMac?

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How do I keep the IDE tool bar from disappearing on iMac?

Post by LC4iOS » Wed Dec 18, 2013 4:54 am

In LC 5.5.5 when I have the IDE running and click on the desktop background,
the LC IDE toolbars just disappears.
Anyway to turn this feature off?
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Re: How do I keep the IDE tool bar from disappearing on iMac

Post by Klaus » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:35 pm

Hi LC4iOS,

I think the IDE toolbars a palette windows and this is normal behavior on the Mac!
Palette windows will disappear when you switch between applications.

So no idea if and what you can do about this fact.


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Re: How do I keep the IDE tool bar from disappearing on iMac

Post by FourthWorld » Wed Dec 18, 2013 3:53 pm

Like Klaus said, this is a convention on Mac systems, but you can override it: set the hidePalettes to false

Note that the hidePalettes global property will affect all palette windows, however, so in addition to keeping LC's toolbar visible it'll also keep any other palette windows visible as well.
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Re: How do I keep the IDE tool bar from disappearing on iMac

Post by LC4iOS » Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:47 am

Excellent!
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