how to make vanilla.Window not disappear

RafaŁ Buchner

hi (hehe, me again)

how to make simple vanilla.Window not disappear programmatically when the RoboFont app is becoming inactive?

Eg:

from vanilla import *
class simpleWin:
    def __init__(self):
        self.w = FloatingWindow((200,200))
        self.w.open()
simpleWin()

If I will run the code above in the RF, and change the active app to any another (let's say Finder), I see only default RF windows like script window, font window or glyph window. I would like my simpleWin also be visible in that case. Is it possible?
I realized that Erik's design space extension does it.
https://github.com/LettError/designSpaceRoboFontExtension
I was trying to find it in its code. Somehow I could not.
Any help would be appreciated

RafaŁ Buchner

@gferreira said in how to make vanilla.Window not disappear:

self.w.getNSWindow().setHidesOnDeactivate_(False)

Thanks Gustavo!!! That is exacly what I needed

gferreira

hi @RafaŁ-Buchner,

if you want a window to stay visible when the app focus changes, it is recommended to use Window instead of FloatingWindow:

from vanilla import Window, FloatingWindow

class SimpleWindow:

    def __init__(self):
        self.w = Window((200,200), 'Window')
        self.w.open()

class SimpleFloatingWindow:

    def __init__(self):
        self.w = FloatingWindow((200,200), 'FloatingWindow')
        self.w.open()

SimpleWindow() # this one stays visible when RF is inactive
SimpleFloatingWindow() # this one does not

if you really need a FloatingWindow which stays visible (like the Output Window, for example), it can be done by tweaking the native window object:

from vanilla import FloatingWindow

class SpecialFloatingWindow:
    def __init__(self):
        self.w = FloatingWindow((200,200), 'SpecialFloatingWindow')
        self.w.getNSWindow().setHidesOnDeactivate_(False)
        self.w.open()

SpecialFloatingWindow()

edit: written before reading @colinmford’s reply…

colinmford

FloatingWindows are meant to act like NSPanel, which hide when the app is unfocused.

If you want a standard window that stays open when you leave the app (like erik's), use the vanilla class Window instead.

from vanilla import *

class WindowDemo(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.w = Window((200, 70), "Window Demo")
        self.w.myButton = Button((10, 10, -10, 20), "My Button")
        self.w.myTextBox = TextBox((10, 40, -10, 17), "My Text Box")
        self.w.open()
WindowDemo()

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