ScriptUI window.minimized = true; on Mac

Question

I would like to make custom palettes for Illustrator which have the ability to get out of the way, similar to native palettes.  On Windows, my minimized = true; command works, and the palette shrinks into a tiny bar, which I like.  However, same command on Mac does not do the trick.
#target illustrator
#targetengine main
function myPanel(){
    var arr = ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K","L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X","Y","Z"];

var btn_min = w.add('button', undefined, 'Minimize');
        btn_min.onClick = function(){
            w.minimized = true;
            w.update();
        }

w.onResizing = w.onResize = function () {this.layout.resize ();}
        w.onShow = function(){
            w.minimumSize.width = 220;
            w.minimumSize.height = 100;
            t.items[1].expanded = true;
        }
        this.show = function(){w.show();}
    }
    var thisPaletteWindow = new paletteWindow(); // have to call it like this, or it disappears.
    thisPaletteWindow.show();
}

myPanel();

Silly-V · Accepted Answer

Hmmm... so I guess I am to assume you couldn't get the link above or my example approach working successfully in CC ? If so that's scary, yet unsurprising that they broke certain things?

Silly-V wrote:

it's possible to pass in the configuration of the big palette as an object to be stored in the tiny window, and then to resurrect the element states of the big one when it's maximized, including the window's location so that it appears as if they are appearing back in the last place they were closed at. This could be re-purposed to pop up the big palette in the same location of the tiny one, so that they closer mimic the behavior of the native UI panels.

I am not sure if they are supposed to follow each other, but for me they pop up in different locations, that and they are different widths. I think from a UI standardization standpoint if you are gonna go with this approach they should indeed replace each other in the same location, and retain the same width (even though the height will vary obviously) for some UI congruence.

At least you seemed to like the "fromCharCode" to build an array. ;-)

Aha- this is something a little bit better.

Also, I guess there's no reason to pass in an object if it can be kept outside the palette functions. Not sure why I even thought that was the way to go?

#target illustrator
#targetengine main


function myPanel(){
    var arr = [];
    for(var i=33; i<123; i++){
        arr.push(String.fromCharCode(i)+" ------------ text line");
    }


    function tinyWindow(storeObj){
        var w = new Window('palette', 'MiniPanel', undefined, {borderless: false, closebutton: false}); w.spacing = 0; w.margins = [0,0,0,0];
        var loc = (SETTINGS.syncLocations) ?  storeObj.bigWindowLocation : storeObj.tinyWindowLocation ;
        w.location = loc;
        var p = w.add('panel'); p.size = [100, 42];
        var btn = p.add('statictext', undefined, 'Maximize');
        this.show = function(){w.show();}
        btn.addEventListener('mousedown' , function(){
            storeObj.tinyWindowLocation = w.bounds;
            var thisPaletteWindow = new paletteWindow(storeObj);
            thisPaletteWindow.show();
            w.close();
        });
    }
    function paletteWindow(setupObj){
        var w = new Window('palette', 'My Panel');
        var loc = (SETTINGS.syncLocations) ?  setupObj.tinyWindowLocation : setupObj.bigWindowLocation;
        w.location = loc;
        var g1 = w.add('group');
        var t = g1.add('treeview', undefined, []);   t.size = [200, 450];
        for(var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
            var item = arr;

            var n = t.add('node', item);
        }
        var e = w.add('edittext', undefined, setupObj.edittextContents, {readonly: true}); e.characters = 19;
        t.onDoubleClick = function(){
            if(t.selection != null && t.selection.text != ''){
                e.text = (t.selection.text);
            }
        };
        var g2 = w.add('panel', undefined, 'Window Options'); g2.alignChildren = 'left';
        var r1 = g2.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Minimize in same place.');
        var r2 = g2.add('radiobutton', undefined, 'Minimize in different places.');
        r1.value = SETTINGS.syncLocations;
        r2.value = !r1.value;
  
        var btn_min = w.add('button', undefined, 'Minimize');  
        btn_min.onClick = function(){
            SETTINGS.syncLocations = r1.value;
            var thisTinyWindow = new tinyWindow({edittextContents: e.text, tinyWindowLocation: setupObj.tinyWindowLocation, bigWindowLocation: w.location});
            thisTinyWindow.show();
            w.close();
        }  
  
        this.show = function(){w.show();}
    }


    var SETTINGS = {
        syncLocations: true
    };
    var thisTinyWindow = new tinyWindow({edittextContents: '', tinyWindowLocation: [920,514], bigWindowLocation: [860, 350]});
    thisTinyWindow.show();
}  
  
  
myPanel();

julioc4816867 · Answer

sorry my bad englishIt's possible to convert that in a Script Panel? example, double click in "A" and run process or other script? thanks

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