comeToFront

> Squeak3.10beta.7143
>
> I have a DemoWindow, sco PasteUpMorph.
> The DemoWindow opens on top.
> I open a Browser, it masks part of  the DemoWindow.
> I click the DemoWindow , but have to move it to make it go on top.
> The browser doesn't go on top if I click inside it, I have to click
> its border (move it).
>
> I set the demo window option "resist being picked up".
> It is now hard to make the demo window go on top, so I add the
> following method:
>
>     DemoWindow >>mouseDown: evt
>         evt yellowButtonPressed  ifTrue: [^ self yellowButtonActivity:
> evt shiftPressed].
>         self eventHandler ifNotNil: [self eventHandler mouseDown: evt
> fromMorph: self].
>         self comeToFront.
>
> Now the DemoWindow goes on top when I click it (as it should).
> But the only way to make the Browser go on top is to click its border
> (move it).
>
> I have also tried /'evt hand newKeyboardFocus: self.'/ with the same
> result.
> /'self activate'/ doesn't work on a Morph (but it works on a SystemWindow)
>
> What's happening?
>
> Cheers
> --Trygve
>
> PS
> I have looked at the excellent documentation in '/Squeak by Example/'
> and '/A GUIDE TO WORK WITH
> SQUEAK MORPH CLASSES/', and '/An Introduction to Morphic: The Squeak
> User Interface Framework/' without finding an answer. I have also
> tried to google, but have not found anything written by people who
> knew what was happening.
>
>
>
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> Ah, the dreadful SystemWindow internals ;-)
> SystemWindows>>mouseDown: evt
>
>    | outerMorph |
>    self setProperty: #clickPoint toValue: evt cursorPoint.
>    TopWindow == self ifFalse:
>        [evt hand releaseKeyboardFocus.
>        self activate].
>
> The top window will not activate if it is the top window...
> There could be a check to see if it was the front most morph as well I
> guess.
>
> Karl
>
>
> Trygve Reenskaug wrote:
>> Squeak3.10beta.7143
>>
>> I have a DemoWindow, sco PasteUpMorph.
>> The DemoWindow opens on top.
>> I open a Browser, it masks part of  the DemoWindow.
>> I click the DemoWindow , but have to move it to make it go on top.
>> The browser doesn't go on top if I click inside it, I have to click
>> its border (move it).
>>
>> I set the demo window option "resist being picked up".
>> It is now hard to make the demo window go on top, so I add the
>> following method:
>>
>>     DemoWindow >>mouseDown: evt
>>         evt yellowButtonPressed  ifTrue: [^ self
>> yellowButtonActivity: evt shiftPressed].
>>         self eventHandler ifNotNil: [self eventHandler mouseDown: evt
>> fromMorph: self].
>>         self comeToFront.
>>
>> Now the DemoWindow goes on top when I click it (as it should).
>> But the only way to make the Browser go on top is to click its border
>> (move it).
>>
>> I have also tried /'evt hand newKeyboardFocus: self.'/ with the same
>> result.
>> /'self activate'/ doesn't work on a Morph (but it works on a
>> SystemWindow)
>>
>> What's happening?
>>
>> Cheers
>> --Trygve
>>
>> PS
>> I have looked at the excellent documentation in '/Squeak by Example/'
>> and '/A GUIDE TO WORK WITH
>> SQUEAK MORPH CLASSES/', and '/An Introduction to Morphic: The Squeak
>> User Interface Framework/' without finding an answer. I have also
>> tried to google, but have not found anything written by people who
>> knew what was happening.