Are overlay creator parts always on top?

I have a long picture which can be scrolled sideways at my screen.
Is it somehow possible to have graphic elements on top of that? The scrollable item always forces itself on top, even if there is a whole other layer above it.

Interactive Elements can sit on top of interactive elements. your static
grahic element needs to be a slideshow, autoplaying. make the two states
identical, so nothing happens and it will just sit on top. on top of
everything. even video and webview.
—Johannes

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Inspector and Library Window are always on top in Interface Builder

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Inspector and Library Window are always on top in Interface Builder. I use a small 13" macbook screen most of the time and I don't have a lot of room. Just wondering if I can disable this so I can have my work area hover over the library and inspector when I'm not using them.
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I still have not been able to figure this out. The best I could do is resize each of these windows to really small and maximize them when using them. But they're still always on top and this is really annoying.

"Show Desktop" bug forces any program windows to be stuck "Always-on-top"

What I found under Windows 7, when you use the "Show Desktop" feature (I prefer the ⊞ Win + D shortcut) and then bring all windows back by using it again, some windows behave as if they're glued to the front of the z-order. What this means is, say, I have windows
A B and C open, with focus on A, hit ⊞ Win +D twice, and now it may happen that if I then want to switch to B or C, either by Alt+Tab or by selecting them on the taskbar, the taskbar shows the highlight, but A stays visible (and usable, it's not just a rendering
issue) in the foreground.
Imagine the following situations, all three windows cascading and overlapping:
A (focus)
B
C
-> ⊞ Win + D
Desktop (focus)
-> ⊞ Win + D
A (focus)
B
C
-> click C on taskbar
A
C (focus)
B
-> click B on taskbar
A
B (focus)
C
And so on. Focus means actual input focus, i.e. in second situation, any keyboard typing is sent to window B while window A is in the foreground.
It does not matter what kind of application; in my current case an instance of Outlook and an instance of Explorer is stuck, while a second instance of Explorer and an instance of Firefox behave normally. This should show that this problem can occur even between
multiple instances of the same application, and that there are no fancy applications involved that like to pretend they are the most important program and internally force "always on top".
Showing and unshowing the desktop again doesn't help; in the worst case another window might end up with the "glued to the top of the z-order" too. Between those, I can easily switch, but in order to get a window which still behaves normally on top, I have
to manually minimize the offending windows.
The only cure seems to close the offending windows so far, I've not found anything else that helps.
Could it be that Windows 7 has a bug that can force an ALWAYS_ON_TOP flag
onto some windows when restoring from "Show Desktop", or am I doing something wrong?
More information from another user:
I use win+d. Issue easy to replicate, Win7-64bit-Ultimate.
The affected windows (any program) seem to be placed into a separate "Z" group. You can place multiple/many windows into this always-on-top state, those in the affected state will function normally in relation to each other with the exception that: - The group
as a whole is always-on-top of any non-affected window - The whole group is on top of the taskbar. - The whole group does not respond to (context on taskbar) "cascade windows" or similar commands.
The fact that the affected windows are on top of the taskbar and otherwise function as "special windows" shows that windows 7 has a hidden "feature" of always-on-top that gets applied with Win+D. The feature appears to place windows in a super window state
that is on top of the taskbar. The normal group remaining behind the taskbar. (When you click the start menu or context menu of the taskbar, the start menu/taskbar comes to the foreground of the always-on-top group, however this does not revert the affected
windows, only a temporary takeover until you switch to something other than the start menu/taskbar)
This is key to finding an answer. How do we get windows to unassign the special status or not do the assignment in the first place?

It appeared to have cleared by closing all windows and restarting. Initially I could not reproduce the error, then after opening all my working windows, I did indeed reproduce it on any window.
I almost think it could be initialized with something to do with multiple windows of Chrome, and then the show desktop problem will crop up once one window has it. This was because: After messing around some more with a chrome session saver (session buddy)
and restoring sessions and getting the super state, I restored and closed the window I was in and now I am again at a place where I can not reproduce the error, even in my "work environment" with some 35 chrome tabs in two windows, plus other programs, file
locations, remote desktops and a second chrome profile with another dozen tabs.
So, back to square one with finding the actual instigator of the super state phenomenon.
Once you actually have the super sate issue, the following will reproduce:
Ok, I am doing this as I type it:
Open chrome (to view this website), then Notepad, then Calculator, (could be any windows, but for the purpose of demonstration, follow along with me)
The windows should function normally, overlap your windows so that you can see the edge of all windows and the Z-order is (from front to back):the browser on top, then the calculator, then Notepad (you should be able to see part of the background windows).
Now, with the browser on top, press win+d, then win+d again.
Click on Calculator, then your browser, your browser is now stuck in the foreground. Clicking on notepad will bring the focus to notepad, and it will be in front of the calculator, yet it will stay behind the browser, as your browser is in "super state". (many
arrangements of switching focus after returning from win+d will create the problem, with the exeption of clicking the desktop, I also noticed that I could not get calculator into super state unless it overlapped my chrome browser).
Again, this does not seem to work until at least one of your windows is affected. We do not know how to get the initial window, only subsequent ones.
I will post back if I find anything else.
Let me know if there is anything that develops.

Nothing new in CS6 for Overlay Creator?

Is no-one else a little dissapointed there's nothing new as far as the Overlay Creator Panel goes in InDesign? I realise javascript transitions are still in their infancy, but I was kind of hoping for further options with controlling object states and transitions.
Coming over from the Flash world, or even just the array of options that InDesign offers in the way of Flash presets, I feel there's a lack of this for .folio files.
I've been experimenting with Wallaby for a while, the massive work around to replicate a simply Flash transition is still to clunky. Even with the cleanest Flash files built from scratch (we're talking a single tween) it still throws out too many errors, but thats not my problem. The fact you can't even preview your then exported transition in the Desktop Viewer is just poor. Any good reason why this isn't possible, because having to go through the iPad Content Viewer every time is making for the longest workflow imaginable.
I suppose I should learn more about CSS3/Javascript, but I thought the point of this was what you can do inside of InDesign, without having to go InDesign > Flash > Wallaby > Opening CSS files > InDesign > Adobe DPS > iPad to make a simple animation?

@Neil,
Thought I'd let this stew for a day while I checked out Edge. Bear in mind I juggle lots of different projects on a daily basis, but manged to get to grips with it immediately. Timeline, keyframes, eases, scenes… its just like Flash. Wow! Only in a more friendly and modern Adobe interface (I always felt like Flash was stuck with some Macromedia mentality).
Very impressed with this on the surface. I've no idea what kidn of code it kicks out, and I don't care, as far as components to websites or using in conjunction with DPS this is great. I suppose our developer could always tidy up the script if need be. Very much looking forward to full release.
Quick question though
This expires in 35 days. Is it refering to my particular install or is this is message saying all copies of Edge? I just couldn't figure out if this means I won't be able to continue testing it, or everyone won't?
@Peter
I agree, this kind of thing probably should be kept out of InDesign, as its print programme at heart. Being able to edit text and produce layouts quickly is my main concern, anything the slows it down isn't helpful in my eye. I'd say there is a fair bit of Photoshop influence in there no though, layer styles have a lot to be thankful for.

"Always on top" behavior for Navigator Window?

Greetings,
Several of our users have asked for an "Always on Top" feature for the OHJ help navigator window. We are using OHJ 4.2.3, on Windows platforms. Our application displays help topics from certain dialog buttons and menu items (using CshManager.showTopic()). If the help windows are currently displayed from a previous help request and the user maximizes the application window, any new help requests are not seen as the help windows do not top themselves.
Is there any way to force the OHJ window to top itself when a new help topic is displayed? Our users are also asking for the help window to always be on top (a la Task Manager on windows) so they know where it is especially if they're performing a complex task and relying on a set of instructions in the help topic...
thanks,
Elizabeth Dyer.

Elizabeth,
As part of the showTopic() implementation OHJ calls toFront()
to bring the help window to the front. If this isn't working
in a particular case, please let us know. I don't think any
permanent "on top" feature is feasible, since OHJ windows are
normal Java dialogs and frames and selecting another Java
window will activate it instead of OHJ.
- Ryan (again with quoting from Jeff Stephenson)

Always on top feature for inspector window

Are there any ability to enable/disable 'Always on top' feature for inspector shown in separate window in Mac OS ? On my laptop not always comfortable to keep inspector in browser window. On Ubuntu window managers allow to pin windows always on top but mac os has no abilities to do it. (using firefox developer edition)

Elizabeth,
As part of the showTopic() implementation OHJ calls toFront()
to bring the help window to the front. If this isn't working
in a particular case, please let us know. I don't think any
permanent "on top" feature is feasible, since OHJ windows are
normal Java dialogs and frames and selecting another Java
window will activate it instead of OHJ.
- Ryan (again with quoting from Jeff Stephenson)

InDesign Overlay Creator Pane

Currently, I find seven features in the overlay creator pane in ID 5.5. Are more features available in ID 6?

Ok. Thank you. We are currently investigating other app publishing software and
want to know how the others stack up against the DPS. ie. App Studio allows you
to do page flips but wondering if that is something you have to create yourself in
order to execute or already part of the software. Looking for as much engaging interactivity
as possible from software I am considering.
Thanks for your input.
matt

Flash always on top in Safari 5.0.5

Hi,
I have some problems with flash in Safari 5.0.5 with Flash Player 10.2. My flash banners is always on top and covers menus and popups. wmode and z-index seems to be correct. It works as expected in the latest nightly build of webkit and Google Chrome, but not Safari.
Here is the webpage, scroll down and you will see the flash covering the top menu: http://www.booli.se/bostad/villa/hisingen/plockerotegatan+16/786830
I found this question on the same topic (https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2458855?start=0&tstart=0) where the problem was said to be solved with Safari 5.0.1. A test site was set up in that thread by user suastegui which can be found here: http://www.guru.ag/fl2/iframeTest/index.html. On this page the flash is still covering the other elements for me.
Any ideas?

BBC iPlayer relies on Adobe Air. AIR 1.5.3 is the last version of AIR that supports Mac PowerPC and Windows 2000. AIR applications that require AIR 2 or later cannot be installed or used on a Macintosh PowerPC or a computer running the Windows 2000 operating system.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/853/cpsid_85304.html
I am in the same boat. I cannot watch flash videos on the BBC website or on BBC iPlayer, although all other flash videos (YouTube for example) are fine.
For reasons that passeth all understanding, they work with the PPC version of Firefox, called TenFourFoxG5.app, once you have anabled plug-ins, as it does not natively support Flash.
You can download TenFourFoxG5 from here:
http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/
Now for the intersting bit: TenFourFox, like Firefox, does not support most plug-ins. Unless you are prone to headaches (in which case don't) you can read about that here:
http://code.google.com/p/tenfourfox/wiki/PluginsNoLongerSupported
But there is a workaround!
Open TenFourFox and type in the address bar: about:config (no spaces) and click return. This gives you a warning that it might harm the application. Ignore that and click on 'I'll be careful, I promise' and you get the config file that you can edit - with great care.
Look/search (scroll down) for: tenfourfox.plugins.enabled
Set it to true. (Double click it to toggle it)
Now close TenFourFox, open it again, and Flash will now work, as it now uses the plug-ins that Safari has stored.
I am using Flash 10.1.102.64 in TenFourFox and it works just fine.

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I have a problem with my Dreamweaver MX, and it is that I can only see one panel at a time, any other open panels get obscured. For example, with the work space maximized, and having the properties and behaviors panels open, I can only see one of the panels at the same time. If I click on any area of the work space each open panel will display and with the next click the other will display. If I make the work space smaller then the whole area of my screen, and move any open panels outside of the Dreamweaver work space, only then they will stay visible. I know this is not normal behavior, because I used to be able to see all the open panels simultaneously, with the work space maximized to use all the screen area. I went to Preferences> Panels> Always On Top, and all the checkmarks are still set, so as to keep all panels on top at all times, but this does no longer be the case. Can someone tell me what happened here, and how I can get back to being able to see all the open panels? BTW, I tried installing older version of Dreamweaver 4, and the same thing happens to both installed versions. This is extremely annoying!
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Since I upgraded to Firefox 19 from 18.0.2, on my Windows XP (SP3) laptop, I, too, can no longer open a new window. File-->New Window does nothing; also can no longer tear off a tab and open it in a new window (it stays where it is). Also, if I right-click on a tab and select Move to New Window, nothing happens. All of these worked fine in FF 18.0.2. All of these work fine with FF 19 on Windows 7. Only an issue on my XP laptop.
After trying to open a new window, and not seeing the new window come up (and yes, I waited a long time), I decided to close my current window, which had multiple tabs open. Instead of just closing, it pops up the message reminding me that I'm about to close all those tabs. If I say close, and then go into the Task Manager, the Firefox application has disappeared (as expected), but the firefox (and plug-in container) processes are still running. So I have to manually kill the Firefox process to get it to quit. it's as if it thinks there is another Window open (the one I tried to open but never appeared). This happens every single time! I've restarted my laptop, and that does not resolve the problem.
Is there a way to downgrade back to v 18.0.2 until this is fixed?

[svn:fx-trunk] 10459: Change to ensure ScriptNodes are no longer part of the node tree after interface compilation stage in order to avoid the extra code that was necessary to avoid tripping over them during type checking , etc.

Revision: 10459
Author:   [email protected]
Date:     2009-09-21 08:42:44 -0700 (Mon, 21 Sep 2009)
Log Message:
Change to ensure ScriptNodes are no longer part of the node tree after interface compilation stage in order to avoid the extra code that was necessary to avoid tripping over them during type checking, etc.
Improving revision 10199 a bit, to allow for single line comments.
QE notes: None
Doc notes: None
Bugs: SDK-22027
Reviewer: Paul
Tests run: Checking, Compiler cyclones
Is noteworthy for integration: No
Ticket Links:
    http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-22027
Modified Paths:
    flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/as3/AbstractSyntaxTreeUtil.java
    flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/mxml/InterfaceCompiler.java
    flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/mxml/builder/AbstractBuilder.java
    flex/sdk/trunk/modules/compiler/src/java/flex2/compiler/mxml/builder/DocumentBuilder.java

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That, however, is in theory. I've posted, and immediately seen something that needed editing, only to find NO Replies, yet the Edit button is no longer available, only seconds later. Still, in that same thread, I'd have the Edit button from older posts, to which there had also been no Replies even after several days/weeks. Found one that had to be over a month old, and Edit was still there.
Do not know the why/how of this behavior. At first, I thought that maybe there WAS a Reply, that "ate" my Edit button, but had not Refreshed on my screen. Refresh still showed no Replies, just no Edit either. In those cases, I just Reply and mention the [Edit].
Also, it seems that the buttons get very scrambled at times, and Refresh does not always clear that up. I end up clicking where I "think" the right button should be and hope for the best. Seems that when the buttons do bunch up they can appear at random around the page, often three atop one another, and maybe one way the heck out in left-field.
While I'm on a role, it would be nice to be able to switch between Flattened and Threaded Views on the fly. Each has a use, and having to go to Options and then come back down to the thread is a very slow process. Jive is probably incapable of this, but I can dream.
Hunt

Overlay Creator preview issues

I'm currently working on creating a tablet publication pitch for a client and followed the directions to install the Folio Producer tools compatible with CS 5.5 and everything seems to be working... except for the preview option on Overlay Creator and any other preview option on my computer. I uploaded the document to test it on Adobe Content Viewer and it worked, but that's really clunky to test my interactivity. Is there something I need to do to make it I can preview my folio on my computer?
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I am trying to use the preview capability that is built into Overlay Creator and any of the other interactive tools in InDesign. I cannot find Adobe Content Viewer to download to my desktop. I thought maybe it was just a part of the Folio Builder download. Basically, there is no way I can preview my work on my desktop. The only way I can preview is by actually uploading the folio and previewing it on my iPad. I am on Mac OS X version 10.7.5.

How to Create Always on Top Window OR Frame

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How to keep Calendar Helper always on top?

In my jsf page, I have a input field with a calendar helper. Below this, is a drop down combo box. My problem is that when i click on teh calendar helper, the calendar appears in a drop down manner, and inspite of this, my combo box which is below, overlaps and appears in the middle of my calendar. Is there a way to avoid this? Perhaps by keeping the calendar always on top, or atleast making the calendar appear on top rather as a drop down.?
My code snippet is like this:
<TR>
                                             <TD width="40%" align="right" height="30"><h:outputText
                                                  styleClass="normalText" id="text12" value="#{msg.To}"
                                                  style="color: black; "></h:outputText></TD>
                                             <TD width="60%"><h:inputText styleClass="inputText" id="text13"
                                                  onblur="return func_2(this, event);">
                                                  <f:convertDateTime dateStyle="short" />
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                                                  <hx:inputHelperAssist inputAssist="true" autoTab="true" />
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                                                  for="text13"></h:message></TD>
                                        </TR>
                                        <TR>
                                             <TD width="40%" align="right" height="30"><h:outputText
                                                  styleClass="normalText" id="text10" value="#{msg.Status}"
                                                  style="color: black; "></h:outputText></TD>
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"Always on Top" of jdk 1.5 is not working when...

I created a sample application that has Frame/Window and displays some text. Then i needed to make the window always visible on top of any other application or windows. But then when i opened applications like Battle Realms, Counter Strike, or any other games, the window is blocked by the previously run application.
Can you help me on how can i provide solution with this?
Thanks in advance.

This might help you!!!
About setAlwaysOnTop()
Changes the always-on-top window state. An always-on-top window is a window that stays above all other windows except maybe other always-on-top windows. If there are several always-on-top windows the order in which they stay relative to each other is not specified and is platform dependent.
If some other window already is always-on-top then the relative order between these windows is unspecified (depends on platform). No window can be brought to be over always-on-top window except maybe another always-on-top window.
All owned windows of an always-on-top window automatically become always-on-top windows. If a window ceases to be always-on-top its owned windows cease to be always-on-top.
When an always-on-top window is sent toBack its always-on-top state is set to false.
This method makes the window always-on-top if alwaysOnTop is true. If the window is visible, this includes bringing window toFront, then "sticking" it to the top-most position. If the window is not visible it does nothing other than setting the always-on-top property. If later the window is shown, it will be always-on-top. If the Window is already always-on-top, this call does nothing.
If alwaysOnTop is false this method changes the state from always-on-top to normal. The window remains top-most but its z-order can be changed in the normal way as for any other window. Does nothing if this Window is not always-on-top. Has no effect on relative z-order of windows if there are no other always-on-top windows.

"always on top" in fullscreen mode; disable switching away

Hi,
I am trying to write a mode for emacs that will keep out as many distractions as possible. When activated, I can't switch away from the file I'm working on.
Unfortunately, I can *easily* switch away from my fullscreen Emacs to my webbrowser or email program, and Gnome notifications appear on my screen on top of the Emacs window.
Is there a way for me to push a fullscreen Emacs window (what Emacs users call a frame) to the top of the windowing stack and DISABLE SWITCHING AWAY FROM IT, while also stopping other windows from poppint above it in the stack? I'm using Gnome right now, so something gnome-specific would be great, as would any generic solution for X. There is an "always on top" option for windows in gnome (I am using the default window manager, whatever it is now -- metacity? compiz? I don't even know anymore!), but it is disabled for fullscreen windows. that makes sense, normally, but I would like to suspend some of the computer's functionality when I'm writing.
Also: perhaps this deserves its own thread, but it would be nice if notification windows didn't overlay themselves on top of the window that I make this way.
Thank you!
Matt

Hi,
You say you're using gnome so the default window manager for that would be mutter. The gnome notifications can be turned off from
gnome-control-center
I don't know if that's an acceptable solution for you. As for disabling switching to other windows, I've had look in
dconf-editor
org --> gnome --> desktop --> wm --> preferences but I don't think I can much that's relevant there. Would disabling raise-on-click deliver the desired behaviour? Otherwise, you could try seeing whether there is an extension at https://extensions.gnome.org/.
Hope you find what you're looking for
Last edited by Chazza (2014-03-15 11:47:37)

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