Re: Newbie Question: Controls not redrawing on changes

FROM : Kyle Sluder
DATE : Sun May 04 05:47:43 2008

On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 7:08 PM, Christopher Kempke
<<email_removed>> wrote:
> Thanks for the tip, but no go.  It actually makes the behavior worse: now
> the modal dialog is still drawn, but never becomes active (the title bar
> never gets dark, and the previously visible (document) window never
> deactivates, although the dialog is drawn on top), and the default button
> doesn't even turn blue.


Take a look at -[NSPanel setWorksWhenModal:].  You should be using an
NSPanel, not an NSWindow, and must send it this message before doing
-[NSApplication runModalForWindow:].  Read this document, entitled
"How Modal Windows Work," for more information.
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/WinPanel/Concepts/UsingModalWindows.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000223

--Kyle Sluder