ActiveState Community Site - Giving Komodo focus when openning new files - Comments

Sorry to resurrect this subject, but...

angrychimp — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:48:47 +0100

I was wondering if there might have been any progress on this subject in the last year. I would also be very interested in this feature - being able to open a file and have the window automatically focused so that I could just being typing or navigating through the file is something that I've become accustomed to with other editors (UltraEdit, Textpad, etc.).

I haven't installed Komodo on my Mac yet, but I would definitely be interested in this feature for my Windows box.

That would work but...

shanec — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 21:47:48 +0100

We're considering replacing our usage of the internal win32 api with ctypes (and not having pywin32 in Komodo), that would resolve a few build/installer/patch issues we have. That wouldn't happen for a while though.

Secondly, there is no way to get a real window handle from mozilla. There are win32 api's to get the current window handle, but I didn't really like that way of doing things, if "feels" disconnected to me.

I bet in this case though

bcorfman — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 20:00:26 +0100

I bet in this case though (since the request is to implement on a Windows machine) that Python's win32api library could be used to give the Komodo window focus. I may futz with this if I get a chance.

no api for this

shanec — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:32:20 +0100

I looked into this issue a few months back, perhaps last year. There are no api's available (to javascript) in mozilla to force the window to become the foreground window, otherwise I would have implemented it as an option.

By the way

bcorfman — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:39:23 +0100

Have you thought about implementing this as a macro? Macros can be triggered to run on a File Open event.

Right, I understand there

jluna — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:34:13 +0100

Right, I understand there are many circumstances where this would be unhelpful. However, I think it should definitely be an option.

Should definitely be an option

bcorfman — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:25:38 +0100

... if implemented, IMO. Taking focus could be construed as very rude behavior for an app in other situations (and on other operating systems).

Giving Komodo focus when openning new files

jluna — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:59:08 +0100

I would like for Komodo Edit to automatically have focus when a new file is opened. Currently, if Komodo Edit is already open and I try to open a new file, the Komodo window will simply flash (in Windows task bar) and not pop-up or take focus.

This may seem like a minor gripe, but it's frustrating and messes up a good work flow. I couldn't find an option to change this behavior, any suggestions?