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From: shs@uts.amdahl.com (Steve Schoettler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Window to front/back
Message-ID: <16Pys51As71010TneSY@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 7 Apr 89 20:45:26 GMT
References: <12073@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: shs@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Steve Schoettler)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
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In article <12073@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Richard writes:
>One feature I would like to have is, if there is only one window on a
>screen, that that window's "to front" & "to back" gadgets would act as
>*screen* to front/back gadgets, rather than being useless.

One off the shelf way to do this is to use dmouse, and make sure all windows
start one pixel down from the top of the screen.  Then click both mouse buttons
at the top pixel and you toggle screens!

I think the easiest way to reprogram your gadgets would be to stick a handler
into the input event chain, watching for the window gadget selection, and
calling ScreenToFront(), etc., if appropriate.  If not, pass the event down
the chain for Intuition to do the appropriate thing.
The commodities.library disk from Jim Mackraz has some cookbook routines
to help out with this.

Steve

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