window and panel open at the same time ?

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#1

Hello all,

I have a window and a hidden panel. I have a button which displays the panel when clicked, only when that panel is open, the window is unaccessible.

Is there a workaround ? I’ve looked online but still cant find the right configuration (i’m sure its something stupid like ticking a box in IB !)

thanks in advance…

#2

How is it unaccessible? Not sure what you mean. What code are you using that doesn’t work?

#3

Hello,

Oh the code works fine! It compiles no problem !
Well first, to be more precise, the window is the main window.
The panel doesn’t show on launch, I only want it to appear when a button is clicked. The panel only shows a list of selected files from the main window.
But I would like to be able to them both open at the same time, which doesnt work at the moment.

By “unaccessible” I mean that as long as the panel is open, I cannot use the window (it stays in the back) and when I click on the window I hear an error sound. Does that make sense?

Here is the code I have, nothing special :

on clicked theObject
	if (name of theObject is "openPanel") then
		display panel window "fileListPanel"
	else if (name of theObject is "closePanel") then
		close panel window 1
	end if
End clicked

The closePanel button is on the panel itself because if I close it by clicking the red close button (on the bar) then it disappears, but I cant use the main window !

Thanks for anyhelp you can give me.

#4

I see the problem. You are showing and hiding the panel wrong. When you use “display” it is like you are displaying a dialog box and thus the application pauses and waits for the dialog to be dismissed. It’s just like display dialog in applescript.

To show a window/panel use the word “show”… that makes it visible

show panel "fileListPanel"

To hide a panel or a window use this…

set visible of panel "fileListPanel" to false

Note: Panels can be strange some times meaning that sometimes you have to call them a window instead of a panel. So use “panel” first and if that doesn’t work then try “window”.

#5

Awesome !

I guess I tried the wrong code … I tried “open panel window” instead of “display” but it wouldn’t compile so I was confused !

Thanks a lot my friend :slight_smile:

PS : just tried compiling with that, and works perfectly :smiley: