Command + H Hide active window option disabled

Not sure what I did, but all of a sudden I can no longer use the Keyboard Shortcut, Command + H to hide windows. When I click on the menu, like Firefox, it shows it in the list, but it's grayed out and it won't let me select it. Somehow I must have accidentally clicked something to disable it.
No matter what program I open, they all have the same grayed out menu option for the Command + H

One troubleshooting technique is to create a new admin account in System preferences/Accounts. Login to this new account and see whether the problem persists. If not, it would seem to be a glitch with your main login account. If the problem occurs with the new admin account we will have to re-think!
Neville

Similar Messages

Snagit v10 build 788 - unable to capture input - scrolling active window

Hello,
I use Snagit v10 build 788.
I cannot use the "Scroll Active Window" option on Firefox 4 Beta.
It does not work.
I get the Snagit message : "Unable to capture input".
Using Internet Explorer or on an other PC the Firefox v3.6, the "Scroll Active Window" option of Snagit v10 is working.
How to solve it ?
Thanks
Caius

FIXED!
Guys, you will not believe how easy this is to fix! After hours of frustration I finally discovered a Firefox add-on called '''Screengrab'''. Install Screengrab, then right click in Firefox, choose Save, Complete Page - and you get a perfect scrolled page capture!
Even better, you can open it in Snagit to work on it further (Screengrab saves it as a png)

Problem accessing Activity window using Command-Option A

Until a couple of weeks ago, I was able to download an Internet video file by pressing Option-Command A and then double clicking the largest file while pressing option. Now, nothing happens when I press Command-Option A. Any ideas?

The activity window is absent from Safari 6.

Keeping Active Window in Application top when Command-Tabbing

Let's say I'm working on several documents in Word while using a page from Firefox as a reference point. I'll type something in Word in one document (let's call it document A), Command-Tab to Firefox, look something up, then Command-Tab back to Word, expecting document A (the active window when switching away from Word) to pop up back in front of me. Instead, when I command-tab back to Word, another random window in the app is active, forcing me to Command-` until I cycle back to Document A.
This has become very annoying and time consuming; can someone please tell me if there's some kind of setting I need to flip on to make sure that the active window in one application will still be on "top" when I Command-Tab back to it?
Please don't suggest Witch unless it's the absolute only way to solve this. I gave it a try, and its reliability was very wishy-washy. Sometimes apps would show up, sometimes they'd completely disappear for no reason. I'd prefer to use something reliable.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
Is this only happening in word? I've been using the tab function and don't have a problem, which suggests that it may be a setting in word.
DM

Disable/Hide 'Cancel Requisition' option in PO Summary

Hi Experts/Gurus,
We have Oracle EBS R12.1.3.
We want to disable/Hide 'Cancel Requisition' option from PO Summary Form.
Navigation Path : Purchasing Responsibility > PO Summary > Query with PO > Tools (M) > Control > Cancel Requisition.
Anyone can help me in this case ?
Regards & Thanks in advance
Sanjay

How To Remove / Disable Cancel Functionality In Enter Purchase Order and Purchase Order Summary Forms (Doc ID 1316584.1)

Disable active windows display IMAQ

How can I disable the display of IMAQ active window display ??
I use the program IC_Grab_IMAQ.vi to get a picture from the USB camera and IMAQ_Write_File_2 to write it as JPEG. I acquire images for M x N points. So Every time I execute my program I get M x N pop ups of this active window.
Abhilash S Nair
Research Assistant @ Photonic Devices and Systems lab
[ LabView professional Development System - Version 11.0 - 32-bit ]
LabView Gear:
1. NI PXI-7951R & NI 5761
2. The Imaging Source USB 3.0 monochrome camera with trigger : DMK 23UM021
OPERATING SYSTEM - [ MS windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP-1 ]
CPU - [Intel Core i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40Ghz ]
MEMORY - [ 16.0 GB RAM ]
GPU - [ NVIDIA GeForce GT 530 ]
Attachments:
Imaging & Scan.zip ‏53 KB

Hi Abikutn,
It looks like the function you are using (IC_Grab_IMAQ.vi) calls a 3rd party .dll, and is not a standard National Instruments function. The library it calls is LabVIEW Extension2.dll. If this is what you are using to operate the camera, you should find who wrote this library and see if they have a way to minimize or disable the window.
-N
National Instruments
Applications Engineer

Photoshop CS4 Active Window in Color option ?

I can't find a way to make the active document stand out from the inactive documents in CS4.
Sometimes I have multiple windows opened, and it was handy in CS3 to have the active
document stand out from the inactive ones, to avoid confusion about which document is
being edited.
Is there any way to distinguish the title bar of the active window as before ?

eQuilter wrote:
I can't find a way to make the active document stand out from the inactive documents in CS4.
Sometimes I have multiple windows opened, and it was handy in CS3 to have the active
document stand out from the inactive ones, to avoid confusion about which document is
being edited.
Is there any way to distinguish the title bar of the active window as before ?
I'm not joking; if you look very closely you will see that the text on the title bar is black on the active document and grey on the others.
Very helpful! Just as helpful as losing the ability to right-click the title bar for that handy context menu.
These are elementary oversights on the part of the UI design team. According to Nack this whole UI was designed with the aim of being easier to use than the old one (which most of us were happy with).
EPIC FAIL!

Labview as the active window disables 1 or 2 concurrent while loops

I am trying to get familiar with new mutltifunction DAQ hardware from IOtech - a DAQborad/2000.
I have a simple vi consisting of two while loops which should be running in parallel. One acquires analog input data, the other handles DAC outputs.
When I run the vi, the analog acquisition while loop runs fine, but the DAC while loop will not run if labview is the active window on the pc (frontpanel or diagram). If I make another window active, both loops will update as they should.
I can resize a windows explorer window to make it small, run my vi, make windows explorer the active window and see the vi running both loops and updating as it should in the background. If I use the "Highlight Executi
on" tool on the diagram screen, both loops run as they should.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike

> I am trying to get familiar with new mutltifunction DAQ hardware from
> IOtech - a DAQborad/2000.
>
Many third party drivers default to running in LV's UI thread, and if
they put the thread to sleep, other LV threads can run, but not the UI.
It is also possible that one of the loops is hogging while the other
is being starved.
So, I've got two suggestions to try. First try putting a delay of a few
ms in the busy loop. This might help with the starvation. The second
thing to try is to open up the IOTech VI and try setting the DLL node to
be reentrant. This will allow the node to run in any thread and not
force it into the UI thread. Beware that if the DLL isn't threadsafe,
this could lead to data corruption or crashes, and before leaving it s
et
this way, you should probably contact IOTech to see if their DLL is
threadsafe. If it is not, contact NI tech support and they can help you
determine if it is safe in this case to leave it running in other threads.
Greg McKaskle

Is there an issue with Safari in Iphones and Ipads where it does not recognize option disabled="disabled" tag properly?

Greetings everybody,
I have run into a peculiar problem with the Safari browser on mobile platforms (IPad, IPod, IPhone) which I hope I can find a solution for in this community.
I just launched a new website where I sell products with certain variations, for example please view this link: http://www.finerribbon.com/aegean-single-face-satin-ribbon.html
On this particular product, the product variants are supposed to work in such a way where:
If you select the value "1/8" from the "Choose Ribbon Width" field
THEN
The only options active and available to choose from in the "Choose Roll Size" field should be: 500 Yds, 20 Yds & Sample Swatch
Now, if we browse to the above link in Safari using a desktop or a laptop, there are no problems at all, but if we browse to the above link using an IPhone or an Ipad, then we have a problem where all the options are available regardless of the values chosen, basically the above functonality does not work.
I was told that there an issue with Safari in Iphones and Ipads where it does not recognize option disabled="disabled" tag properly, is this true? Can anyone advise me if there is a solution to this problem? I would sincerely apperciate it.
Thank you very much for your time and help!

Hi...
I have run into a peculiar problem with the Safari browser on mobile platforms (IPad, IPod, IPhone) which I hope I can find a solution for in this community.
Now, if we browse to the above link in Safari using a desktop or a laptop, there are no problems at all, but if we browse to the above link using an IPhone or an Ipad, then we have a problem
At the top of this window you'll see the following:
Apple Support Communities > Mac OS & System Software > Safari > Discussions
This the Safari forum for the Mac OS X.
Better that you post your topic here > Developer Forums: Apple Support Communities
I do see on my iPad what you are rreferring to. But you shoudl get the feedback you need in the developer forum.

How do I "Print Booklet" with just odd pages and even pages for duplexing . . options disabled

I have InDesign CS5.5 on a Windows 7 64-bit machine hooked to a Xerox 7750 printer. I have created a 8.5x11 portrait document and trying to create a booklet on 12x18 sheets.
I need to print duplex manually and so I need to print just the odd spreads and then the even spreads.
I have printed to Adobe PDF and printed from my created PDF file and have it working, but I want to know why InDesign won't let me do it. When I click "File > Print Booklet > Print Settings" then it shows the Print Dialog box with the Pages section, which includes the Sequence that normally would allow me to do Odd Pages or Even Pages, but it is disabled. Why? I can define Print Presets and I can choose Odd Pages, but when I choose that in the Preset box it does not show anything, everything is still disabled.
Anybody have any idea of why it is disabled? Is it my printer driver?

I too was very frustrated after upgrading to indesign cs5.5 and the latest LION OS on my new MAC. I missed the odd/even page selection in the print dialog box within Indesign. I tried about everything and found little of value in various forums. But I did find a workable solution that makes since in terms of Apple's OS.
My objective is to "impose" my document and also end up with a file that I can just print again and again without "ripping" in the InDesign Print Booklet Dialog.
Here is the quick version of what to do. I am not including every little step with pictures. =) (I can if there is interest.)
1. create your document
2. Print Booklet
3. At the first dialog box, just ignore the printer in print preset (you will come back to this) and go to the 2-up perfect bound option and select 16 page signatures. This will impose 2-up on 4 physical pieces of paper printed both sides. So 16 of your document pages printed duplex on 4 physical sheets of paper. It would be nice to then just select the printer and scaling, etc. and the option to print even pages, flip over and then print odd pages but that ain't an option. If you have different needs, do the math and input the correct numbers before proceeding
4. Click on Print Settings to pull up a second dialog box.
5. Select for Printer PostScript File (not your printer) Also select for PPD your printer or Adobe PDF 9 if you have that installed. Don't obsess on this just pick your Printer for the PPD.
6. Select 1 copy and All Pages while in the General Tab
7. Select the Setup Tab Here is where you put in the actual physical paper size that you are going to print your document on. Don't scale to fit. You must do this. If you feel the need, check out all the tabs and options but for now, you are just trying to get an output file. You probably do want to select CENTER for page position in this same setup tab.
8. Hit OK whcih will return you to the original dialog. Check when you return to be sure that at the top Printer is populated with PostScript File. Click on Print and give the thing a name and a location to save at the resulting dialog.
Breathe as you are almost home. You have sucessfully created a file that can be called up again and again without opening InDesign. (albeit, a postscript file but not a problem)
Now,
1. Double click on this new file (it will have a .ps extention) or just open it in your PREVIEW (apple supplied utility) Preview is where you accomplish the even and odd page objective.
2. Preview will show you a short progress dialog while it rips this postscript file into a PDF.
3. Click on PRINT
4. Select your printer,page range, select the Paper Size (again not document size but the size sheet that you are printing the 2-up , imposed (booklet) document on. If not in the selection dialog, then use the custom option to create it (custom paper size) and give it a name.
5. Click on SCALE and insert 100% in place of the weird number that it will insert for you. You will then see your document correctly displayed in the sidebar preview window.
6. OK, now what you have been waiting for. Click on the box that says Preview (the active window) and select Paper Handling from the drop-down and select from Pages to Print the coveted odd or even page selection. You can also do other things that should have been back at the InDesign print dialog but are now gone. Explore. Enjoy.
7. You will have to work out your own work flow about reverse or no reverse order and how to flip, etc. But you will be working with something predictable at this point.
8. Since this has been ripped into a PDF , you might as well Click on the PDF button and click on save as a PDF at this point to save that postscript to PDF rip. Also print using PREVIEW for the newly created PDF file next time as you will not have to learn a bunch of new dialogs and be frustrated all over again.
I am now back in business printing the book blocks for my handbound journals.

"Activity window" in Safari no longer works to download YouTube videos. Why not? Workaround?

For years I have used Apple's recommended standard technique whenever I wanted to download a Flash video embedded in a YouTube page to my hard drive:
- Open a YouTube page and click on the video's "play" button to get it started;
- Press command-option-A to then open up Safari's "Activity Window" which lists all the components of the page;
- Find on the list the component for the loading Flash video, which is usually much larger (measured in MB rather than KB) than all the other components, and also is usually still in the process of loading, so it's easy to spot;
- Double-click the component's name on the list in the Activity Window, and voila, the video downloads to my hard drive.
This "trick" is described everywhere as THE standard way to download YouTube videos (and similar page components); and I have used it successfully for many years.
HOWEVER, sometime very recently (not sure when, exactly -- a few weeks or months ago) YouTube has changed the way its pages are coded, so that this technique no longer works. When I open the Activity Window, instead of seeing one large loading video file that's easily identifiable, I see a whole series of large files, all exactly 1.7mb big (no matter how large the file size of the actual video in question is), and they constantly increase in number -- at first there are two such files, but over the seconds and minutes more and more appear. Furthermore, many files with no named size are constantly loading and then disappearing. And here's the whole point: I've tried double-clicking on ALL of these files, dozens of ways on dozens of YouTube pages, and none of the are the video file I seek and none of them cause the file to download to my hard drive.
If I click on one the mysterious 1.7mb components, I indeed get a ".flv" downloaded to my hard drive, but it's not actually a Flash video; clicking on its downloaded file icon just brings up a blank box or an error message saying that it's not really a video file at all. I think it's some sort of "decoy" file or something to do with streaming Flash code.
To see what I mean, just go to YouTube, load any random video page, and then open Safari's Activity WIndow and try to download the video that way.
This happens on an iMac running Safari 5.1 on OSX 10.6.8, and also on a MacBook Pro running Safari 5.0.2 on OSX 10.6.5, and on a few other new-ish Macs I tested it out on, but failed to note their version numbers.
I'm presuming that this problem is not specific to my computer, but is caused by the way that YouTube altered the background code for their pages. I don't know if the glitch is an intentional attempt by YouTube to prevent downloads, or if it is an accidental "bug" of the new code. Either way:
How can I fix the problem? Is there some other lesser-known built-in way for Safari/Mac to download the new kind of YouTube videos? Or is there some reliable freeware or shareware or plug-in or extension or whatever for Safari that would enable YouTube downloading?
I tried a freeware program called "Evom" that was highly touted, but it too was thwarted by the new YouTube code and failed to extract any videos from the YouTube page, even though that's what the application was designed to do.
As a side note, I will say that I also have (though rarely use) FireFox for Mac, and the "Unplug" plug-in installed on it, and that ALSO "broke" recently and no longer has the capacity to recognize or download YouTube videos, even though previously it worked fine. This is why I think the issue is not specific to my set-up or computer, but is due to a change in YouTube's underlying code.)
Any help with an explanation, solution or workaround would be much appreciated (by me and by millions of others who I assume are facing the same problem!).

Carolyn:
I just now did exactly as you recommended. Result? No change.
Even after trashing the files and restarting and everything else, the Activity Window and YouTube behave exactly as they did before.
(I had actually previously tried something very similar to your recommendation, and it didn't have any effect then either.)
In case it's helpful, here's an example of what one of the mystery components that load endlessly in the Activity Window is listed as:
http://s.youtube.com/s?rendering=software&lact=102489&decoding=&rt=112.382&et=11 0.829&tsphab=1&st=69.939&tspne=0&tspfdt=262&nsiabblmin=62945.000&nsidf=2&tabsb=1 &ad_flags=0&h=360&nsiabblmean=72646.865&md=1&docid=zPxFu7taftE&bc=15194849&csipt =watch5ad&ad_event=3&el=detailpage&hasstoryboard=1&vid=72A5TVVpDgRoXDV3HvMeKPjLx BFdU61DC&fmt=34&cr=US&sd=BD075E8E6HH1336502192683396&vtmp=1&nsiabblmax=79054.000 &hl=en_US&ns=yt&nsivbblmax=774478.000&referrer=None&sidx=0&hbd=7790924&w=480&hbt =2.751&cid=6&sendtmp=1&sst=0&cfps=25.974025974025974&screenw=1440&mt=0.6&vq=auto &playerw=640&playerh=390&slots=sst~0;sidx~0;at~2_3&scoville=1&at=2_3&volume=100& art=1.842&mos=0&plid=AAS_iqoqfi0mjNc0&fs=0&nsivbblc=208&nsivbblmin=561638.000&bd =931267&allowed=1_1,1_3,2_1,2_3&bt=7.441&fvid=bNz97ILtwqc&screenh=900&len=127.92 &vw=480&nsivbblmean=668895.024&nsiabblc=208&vh=360&fexp=912001,914050,913539,919 306,907217,901802,906507
And here's one of the 1.7MB components:
http://o-o.preferred.comcast-lax1.v11.lscache8.c.youtube.com/videoplayback?range =1781760-3563519&expire=1336524839&id=ccfc45bbbb5a7ed1&burst=40&cm2=0&sver=3&upn =I_VxE0Lmh4Y&keepalive=yes&ipbits=8&algorithm=throttle-factor&itag=34&sparams=al gorithm%2Cburst%2Ccp%2Cfactor%2Cid%2Cip%2Cipbits%2Citag%2Csource%2Cupn%2Cexpire& source=youtube&signature=6F9B5B2CA58ACBA6AFE02FB8A54F1F74EE2B0F16.8E421BC37C3019 E806C22CF3E8866847D033565C&factor=1.25&ip=71.0.0.0&cp=U0hSS1VNUl9IU0NOMl9NR1ZJOm lxNTVmbm1vcDlO&key=yt1&fexp=912001%2C914050%2C901802%2C906507%2C907217%2C919306% 2C913539

How do I hide ALL windows using apple H? The final window stays open.

When I press apple-H it hides the windows except the last one. To hide that one I have to click on the desktop, then back to the window, then press apple H again to hide it.
Is this an intentional function of Mac's operating system? Seems awkward, and it's certainly annoying as I have to access the desktop many times during my work day. I realize I can press F11 and get the desktop, but that merely pushes windows to the side and when I open something new they come back on screen and interrupt my workflow.
I would like to be able to press apple-H multiple times (or a different shortcut) until I reach a clean and clear desktop. So if I have 3 applications open, I want to press apple-H 3 times and to reach the desktop. When I open a folder, I don't want the windows that were pushed aside to slide on screen blocking my workflow.

Why not use multiple desktops?
I have 5 desktops being used. Desktop 1 is my "working" desktop where I open/close apps/windows a lot. While I keep Calendar on desktop 2, full screen. Mail on 3 at full screen, iTunes on 4 full screen and Stickies, Reminders and Notes on desktop 5.
As I typed this, I tested it out. I opened Messages along with Safari (obviously) on my desktop 1. I then pressed Command H twice. Both Messages and Safari disappeared leaving me with a clean desktop. But it left all my other desktops alone and left each of the apps/windows opened on their desktops. I think this would be a great solution for you as you can leave apps/windows opened on other desktops with out having to disrupt your work flow on your main desktop.
You can also assign an app to open just on one particular desktop. As with me, I have all of those apps to open at start up. But on that desktop that it's assigned to. Example I opened Calendar on desktop 2. Then I right clicked the App in the Dock, scrolled to Options then selected "Assign to This Desktop". And so on with the remaining desktops and apps.
To move between desktops, since you have a Trackpad, just swipe back and forth with four fingers. Or if you are on desktop 1 and want to get to find quickly. You can either click on the app that is assigned to desktop 5, in my case Notes, Stickies or Reminders. Or you can 4-finger swipe up then select desktop 5.
KOT

Microsoft Word consistently becomes active window when clicking between dual screens and programs

13" MBP
2.3 ghz i5
8GB Ram
Running 10.9.2
Microsoft Word 2011
Dual screens with amazon Mini Display to VGA adapter
When I am running word between an external monitor and my MBP, Microsoft word always interrupts any clicks between programs and between screens to become the active window. This is especially annoying when I am trying to navigate between MacMail and Chrome, or any other programs.
The problem doesn't exist when I click between programs on the MBP, but only when I select windows between the two screens. Or programs on the external monitor.
Word is up to date, as is my MBP.
Please don't punt me to Microsoft, they're the worst!
Thanks!

There is a workaround for this problem, which was posted by Highestwater on the Microsoft Community thread for this bug and worked for me as well:
Go to
System Preferences > Mission Control >
and UN-check the box labeled "Displays have separate Spaces" (see image below)
The original poster on this thread may already be aware of this workaround, because he/she mentioned that the "separate Spaces" option is checked. But if you can live without the extra Mavericks dual display features (like going full screen in 1 display only, switching spaces independently on each display, and having a menu bar on each display), then uncheck this option and the "stealing focus" bug seems to disappear. For me the bug is so annoying that it's worth it to lose the extra features. Just yesterday I closed a Word document I was working on by mistake because I clicked on a Finder window on my other display and immediately pressed command-w to close it, without realizing that the focus had switched to my word document which closed instead. It was saved, but this sort of stuff interrupted my work enough to be both an annoyance and a time drain.

Active Window suddenly drops to background

Besides not being able to switch to an application window on clicking on the application in the dock, (see previous post) i've also had a concurrent issue that seems to make the active window suddently go right to the back window, this seems to be happening in multiple applications - i can be writing an email, and suddenly the window dissapears to the back of the desktop and i have to go find it and make it active again. The only way that i can stop this from distracting and stopping me from working, is not to have any other windows open!!.
In Safari, if i click on any of the buttons (like bookmarks, top site etc) that also makes the window suddently go back, and i have to find the window again to make it active. its VERY frustrating and making me very unproductive. has anyone else had this problem? does anyone know a solution on how i can fix this?
i've don repair permissions, i've restarted the machine, i've done FSCK but the problem still persists - cna't wait for the lion update and hope they also give the option of the old Spaces and Expose!
thanks in Advance.

Thank you Francois,
It is most closely resembling [Command+H]. but the window still appears, with all other open windows appearing in front of it.
It seemed to be intermitent for me. I closed all apps, and restarted, un-selecting "Re-open windows when logging back in."
For the moment it appears to be stable again, and this has happened before, so will keep you posted. Is there a dump or some other function I should do next time it is happening?
Macbuzzz, are you still experiencing this issue?

Active window will not stay active

Just started having problems with the active window turning NON active every 5-10 seconds. Constantly having to click on window to continue typing.
Using the new OS 10.9

Hello TimHeffner,
It sounds like you are just using an application like normal, and out of no where focus changes from the app you are currently using, and you need to click back into it to make it active again. I wanted to recommend a couple of things here. First close any other apps that you have open and see what happens:
To force quit an application, choose Force Quit from the Apple menu (or press Command-Option-Esc), then choose the unresponsive application in the Force Quit window, and click Force Quit.
Optionally, you may be able to Option-right click the application's icon in the Dock and choose Force Quit from the contextual menu.
From: Mac OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411
If the issue persists, try performing a Safe Boot and see how the issue is after that:
Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1564
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the very best,
Sterling

Command + H Hide active window option disabled

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for