Zugg Software :: View topic - bring a child window to the front [solved]

Adept Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 264 Location: USA

I have a lot of chat capture windows docked at the top in a tabbed style setup... |All|Gossip|Info|Freind...

Normally the "All" window is in front... in zmud i had a simple alias so i could switch to say Gossip and retain focus in the main window...

#ALIAS win {%1:;Private:}

"win Gossip" would bring the Gossip child window to the front then return me to the command line in "Private" below.

This no longer works as the alias does nothing to the child window and sends Private: to the main "Private" window.

In the alias if i add something to do ater the : it does the command but still doesnt change focus...

#ALIAS win {%1:#SHOW focused;Private:#Show focused}

Giving cMud 1 last shot, using 3.34... how to fix this?

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Window: in zmud has always shifted focus to windowname. :windowname: is the form that allows the calling window (usually the main window) to retain focus.

Adept Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 264 Location: USA

typing:

:Gossip: <--- from the main window command line does nothing (not even clear the green activity dot)

Gossip: <--- ditto

:Gossip <--- tried once, sends to "imm" channel as : is a shortcut to "imm"

:Gossip:#show 1 <--- shows 1 in gossip, sets activity dot

Gossip:#show 1 <--- ditto

what i want to be able todo is type "win gossip" and bring the gossip window to the front,clear the activity dot, and retain commline in the main window...

the gtell window is in the front atm... from the command line i want to clear the activity dot and switch back to all while maintaining the command line focus in my main window.

Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 1:28 pm

#WIN windowname

Should do what you want, when entered from the command line it does not change my focus off the command line.

You could also edit the properties of each window (click to give it focus first)
On the 'Window options' tab of User Interface you can set the window to come to the front with activity.

Adept Joined: 10 Jan 2002 Posts: 264 Location: USA

Good enough... i was using the other way cause the simple "#WIN name" would steal focus in zMud :P

This is the way i expected it to work in zMud all along :P

Now to kill all the other 1000's of compatibility errors...