RE: Re: Palettes always on top
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- Subject: [mg41414] RE: [mg41386] Re: Palettes always on top
- From: Bobby Treat <drmajorbob+MathGroup3528 at mailblocks.com>
- Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 05:04:09 -0400 (EDT)
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Ah! Yes, that works. (I had already figured out how to edit the palette in Notepad, however.) BUT -- I found a better solution for the underlying problem -- namely, that I could never see the palette I wanted to use. They were always hiding behind each other or behind the notebook I'm editing. Floating isn't a good solution -- the palette takes up space even when I'm not using it. I have two monitors side-by-side, and have taken to leaving Mathematica's menu bar and palettes on one monitor, but putting the notebook I'm working with on the other monitor (the LCD, where it is much easier to read text). No more shuffling windows to find a palette, and no need to make palettes Floating. I can keep six or eight palettes open without cramping. This works best if the Windows "primary" monitor is the CRT, since Mathematica always opens palettes there. It remembers where I last put each palette, but only if it was on the primary monitor. (?) It took awhile to figure out how to change which monitor is primary, but it was worth it. There's one more glitch, though. If I maximize a Mathematica window on the monitor that isn't primary, it disappears except for its title bar. Very strange. Bobby -----Original Message----- From: David Park <djmp at earthlink.net> To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg41414] RE: [mg41386] Re: Palettes always on top Wolfgang, You should be able to make a single palette floating. 1)Select the Palette 2) Make it editable by using the Option Inspector. NotebookOptions\FileOptions\Editable -> True 3) Make it floating by using WindowProperties\WindowFloating -> True and resave the palette. That worked for me on Windows98. The other palettes were not floating. David Park djmp at earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~djmp/ From: Dr. Wolfgang Hintze [mailto:weh at snafu.de] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Thanks for the hint. I found out (1) that I need to set the option globally, I can't select a specific notebook, as e.g. a palette. Hence (2) all notebooks receive that option - call it notebook democracy - and a palette still vanishes behind other notebooks (at least it stays on top of windows of other applications). What I was looking for was a command like "always on top" especially for palettes because just the palettes I'd like to have available all the time on top. Regards, Wolfgang Omega Consulting wrote: > At 02:48 AM 5/11/2003, Dr. Wolfgang Hintze wrote: > >>Can I tell Mathematica that I want a palette always on top of all >>windows? If so, how? [else :-( ] >> >>I have checked all options of a palette.nb but couldn't find a relevant one. >> >>Any hint welcome. >> >>Regards, >>Wolfgang >> > > WindowFloating->True > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Omega Consulting > "The final answer to your Mathematica needs" > http://omegaconsultinggroup.com > > >