Message windows

[trevix]

Hello.
I always found rather annoying the fact that if LC on desktop is not to the front, the message windows disappear (the stack does not).
Since I often use the msg window for debug purpose (like remote debugging for mobile), is there a way to change its behavior ?
Thanks
Trevix

[richmond62]

The easiest way to keep the MessageBox visible is to look for it in the Application Browser and double click on its name so it is no longer a palette.

Of course that is a temporary solution as on every relaunch of LC it will revert.

I expect someone 'clever' (well, more clever than me) could edit the stackScript of the revMessageBoxBehavior stack to stop it palettising on launch.

[richmond62]

You can also do this:
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[richmond62]

Well, Cowabunga! Bunging this into the stackScript of the MessageBox made things permanent:
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LiveCode 9.6.3 Community Edition, MacOS 12.

[trevix]

Thanks to all.
I think "set the style of stack "Message Box" to toplevel" will be enough fro now.
The other solution seems a little scaring...

[richmond62]

The other solution seems a little scaring...

Adding one line of code does NOT seem scary at all: especially as you know what it will do.

[LCMark]

@trevix: This is (old?) macOS quirk - by default windows which are of 'palette' type are hidden when the app is not in the foreground. You can change this by doing:

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set the hidePalettes to false

[richmond62]

I should warn everyone that hacking the Message Box stack in the way I suggested:

1. Raises the Message Box to a toplevel stack.

2. Stops it working almost completely.

I apologise to anyone who was daft enough to follow through with my suggestion.