NativeWindow not Working ?

Question

Hi everyone.

I´m trying to simple make an aplication on AIR for desktop with the window on top.

It seems simple as :

debug.text = "start";

stage.nativeWindow.alwaysInFront=true;

stage.nativeWindow.activate();

debug.text = "done";

No errors on compiler, window will not get on top of others , and code after this lines not called....

I´m using Flash Professional CC and AIR 3.4 (Just downloaded this morning...)

Anyone knows what´s not correct !?

Can you help me !?

sinious · Accepted Answer

After a while....If i publish as a "projector" it doesn´t work....Also if i publish yours as "projector" it doesn´t work as well... It´s working when i hit F12 and test publish from flash pro... but after publish (even if not projector) it doesn´t stay on top..Did you test it after publishing ?Thanks ?Yes I published it to a native installer with captive runtime, installed it on my computer and ran it. The window stays on top of other windows. Here's a video of the final EXE running after it was installed. You can see the windows can't get on top of it:http://www.ertp.com/tmp/ontop.mp4

sinious · Answer

Can't hurt to grab the latest AIR 3.9 here:

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/air/air-sdk-download.edu.html

Aside that, what OS?

On Windows that code works exactly as expected. The window will stay on top of everything else that isn't in the same depth stack (any other "always on top" windows may go over it). Otherwise just don't try to go always on top and fullscreen due to the limitations on this.

You don't need to throw an activate() either, unless you're in a situation where you noticed your app was deactivated (unfocused) and you wish to return your app to focus.

Are you making a kiosk?

NativeWindow not Working ?

2 replies

Some Linux window managers do not display windows that have the `alwaysInFront` property set to in front of fullscreen windows.

On Mac^® OS X, setting `alwaysInFront` to `true` will have no effect when the `displayState` property of the window stage is `fullScreen` or `fullScreenInteractive`.

Some Linux window managers do not display windows that have the alwaysInFront property set to in front of fullscreen windows.

On Mac® OS X, setting alwaysInFront to true will have no effect when the displayState property of the window stage is fullScreen or fullScreenInteractive.

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Some Linux window managers do not display windows that have the `alwaysInFront` property set to in front of fullscreen windows.

On Mac^® OS X, setting `alwaysInFront` to `true` will have no effect when the `displayState` property of the window stage is `fullScreen` or `fullScreenInteractive`.