[haXe] Screenweaver on a Mac doesn't accept keyboard input

[Matthew Bergsma]

Hi Kelvin and Baluta - I just checked again - and the built version  
of slimmer timer I downloaded from your site is not running in a  
transparent window. It's running in a "plain" window which does not  
replicate the issue on the mac.


On Aug 29, 2007, at 10:22 PM, Baluta Cristian wrote:

> hmm, for me works on intel also, i can use all the keyboard, even  
> tab to select another field.
>
> On 8/30/07, Kelvin Luck < kelvin at kelvinluck.com> wrote:
> I tried on an Intel Mac. Maybe that is the missing piece of the  
> puzzle?
> Does it work correctly for anyone using an Intel Mac?
>
> Baluta Cristian wrote:
> > for me is working. do you have an intel or ppc? i tryed only on ppc
> >
> > On 8/28/07, Kelvin Luck < kelvin at kelvinluck.com> wrote:
> >> I can confirm that I couldn't get keyboard focus on my app on  
> OSX when
> >> the window was set to transparent. In fact, I've just gone back and
> >> checked my app since I am on a Mac at the moment and noticed other
> >> problems... I thought I had uploaded a working version (without the
> >> transparent window) but it seems that I didn't.
> >>
> >> To see the problems download the Mac version from this page:
> >>
> >> http://kelvinluck.com/projects/slimmer-timer
> >>
> >> Unzip and run SlimmerTimer.app. Now try and type something in a  
> text
> >> field. It won't work. Interestingly enough, if you click the close
> >> button in the top right and then say "No" to quitting  
> SlimmerTimer then
> >> you will see that the text appears in the text field. So it  
> appears that
> >> rather than the text field not getting focus the problem is that a
> >> change in the textfield isn't triggering a redraw...
> >>
> >> Hopefully that will help with further investigations,
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Kelvin :)
> >>
> >> Matthew Bergsma wrote:
> >>> Can anyone out there confirm that it is possible to run a  
> windowless
> >>> SWHX app on mac that will accept keyboard input?
> >>>
> >>> I tried a few extra things with packaging up my app, and I am  
> still
> >>> unable to get keyboard input on a transparent swhx app on the  
> mac. I am
> >>> curious if anyone has been able to do it?
> >>>
> >>> Here is what I have tried:
> >>>
> >>> 1. packaging up all the resources and contents into the  
> swhx.app file to
> >>> create a single standalone application that does not require  
> anything to
> >>> install. As expected, this behaves the same way as just placing  
> the
> >>> bootloader alongside the resources, and does not allow keyboard  
> input to
> >>> a plain SWF with a single input text field.
> >>>
> >>> 2. Running the app as Sudo. (hey if it's a permission thing, it  
> was
> >>> worth a shot).
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for any help.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Aug 27, 2007, at 2:57 PM, Matthew Bergsma wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks Nicolas for your help - as a long time MTASC  
> evangelist, it is
> >>>> fun to finally talk to the author. (Great work).
> >>>>
> >>>> I just wanted to confirm - I am running my application with the
> >>>> SWHX.app bootloader and not launching it from a command line -  
> and I
> >>>> am unable to receive keyboard input in the flash environment  
> (even a
> >>>> simple input text field). So I'm not sure if I missed  
> something in
> >>>> your recommended solution.
> >>>>
> >>>> Is the problem that the resources need to be bundled into the app
> >>>> package - and not placed alongside the bootloader? Then the OS  
> will
> >>>> run it as a non-console application?
> >>>>
> >>>> I've been looking for an FAQ on this issue for a while, and I  
> have not
> >>>> been able to find anything - so I apologize if there is some  
> public
> >>>> explanation somewhere, but I have scoured google and haxe.org and
> >>>> swhx's site - Also looked through all changelog files, and it  
> appears
> >>>> like I encountered an unsolved issue.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again for your help
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> *Matthew Bergsma** •** **Toolhouse Design Company*
> >>>> [T] 360.676.9275 x121
> >>>> [F] 360.676.8976
> >>>>
> >>>>
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Matthew Bergsma • Toolhouse Design Company
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