Cannot get card windows on top
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Cannot get card windows on top
Hello,
I am an XP SP2 user with Build 291 V 2.7.4 A.
In the IDE, I cannot get the card with focus to sit on top. I end up resizing or moving the different cards that are open (or minimising them) so that I can see the card I am working on. Is this a bug or have I missed a setting somewhere?
I am an XP SP2 user with Build 291 V 2.7.4 A.
In the IDE, I cannot get the card with focus to sit on top. I end up resizing or moving the different cards that are open (or minimising them) so that I can see the card I am working on. Is this a bug or have I missed a setting somewhere?
Regards,
Supergrass
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I should add that I have tried to use Ctrl + ' or the Send to Back under the window menu to no effect. View> Go First etc is a *kind of* workaround, but this is not standard windows behaviour.
I am running a second monitor with the notebook's display transferred to the second monitor.
I will try opening the stack file elsewhere to see if this is still an issue
I am running a second monitor with the notebook's display transferred to the second monitor.
I will try opening the stack file elsewhere to see if this is still an issue
Regards,
Supergrass
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Re: Cannot get card windows on top
Hi supergrass,supergrass wrote:Hello,
I am an XP SP2 user with Build 291 V 2.7.4 A.
In the IDE, I cannot get the card with focus to sit on top. I end up resizing or moving the different cards that are open (or minimising them) so that I can see the card I am working on. Is this a bug or have I missed a setting somewhere?
What do you mean exactly by "the card with focus"?
Have you tried
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go to card tCardName of stack tStackName
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go to stack tStackName
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Note that this is for controls on the card (buttons, fields, etc), not for cards.supergrass wrote:Send to Back under the window menu to no effect.
What happens when you click on the stack, anywhere on the stack?
What are the settings of the other stacks. Does any of the other stacks appears with a very thin window bar at the top. If yes, this means they are in palette mode, which mean that they are meant (by settings) to float over other windows. This is set in (menu at the very top) > Object > Stack Inspector. Then on Basic Properties "Float above everything".
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Thanks for the response Marielle,
What I meant is when I am in edit mode, I double click on cards in the Application Browser and they tile on the desktop.
Normal windows behaviour is if I click on the title bar of a card, I would expect it to jump to the foreground. Instead the first card of the main stack stays on top and I have to move it out of the way using click and drag or killing it altogether! Maybe this is normal on a Mac, however I find it annoying.
What I meant is when I am in edit mode, I double click on cards in the Application Browser and they tile on the desktop.
Normal windows behaviour is if I click on the title bar of a card, I would expect it to jump to the foreground. Instead the first card of the main stack stays on top and I have to move it out of the way using click and drag or killing it altogether! Maybe this is normal on a Mac, however I find it annoying.
Regards,
Supergrass
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float above everything was on!!
Marielle,
Thanks for the tip. I have now removed "float above everything" from the main stack and the windows are moving as expected.

Thanks for the tip. I have now removed "float above everything" from the main stack and the windows are moving as expected.

Regards,
Supergrass
Supergrass