Sticky Windows

Is there a way to sticky/pin a window on top of another? I can't seem to find an application/solution for this ( perhaps it's called something different /shrug ).

Thanks 🙂

Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Feb 1, 2008 10:28 PM

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Feb 2, 2008 7:12 PM in response to smithrj

I used the Xcode as an example. This is not the only time this comes in handy and I despise shrinking my windows down to fit around what I'm working on, as stated, its annoying to me. I did however stumble across a program called Afloat + unsanity also produces a product, sadly neither seem to work for Leopard.

http://millenomi.altervista.org/Afloat/
http://unsanity.com/haxies/wsx

These sticky/pin the windows as stated in my previous posts... just want to get working copies now...

Feb 2, 2008 5:33 AM in response to smithrj

Yes it has to do with having multiple windows open, it could be within the same application or different ones. For instance: Lets say I open up Xcode and want to start writing an application. I get stuck, need help and open up the Help documentation to look at example programs. I then have to switch back and forth between Xcode, to write the sample application, and the documentation, to see how to write the sample application. Since that gets annoying fast, I instead could creatively position Xcode to where it doesn't overlap the help documentation or i could "pin" the documentation's window of the sample Xcode program over Xcode. So while I actually have Xcode selected and am typing in code, the documentation window is actually my foremost window yet Xcode's window has an active focus reticle.

All I'm doing is bringing a window to the foremost view, but may or may not want it to be the application I'm working on.

Message was edited by: Syngian

Feb 2, 2008 6:50 AM in response to Syngian

Hello, thanks for clarifying. To have a window open the application is on, unless you attach it to the document your working with. Multiple open windows can be shrunken to fit your screen, used in spaces, one behind the other. To pin a window of a closed application can be done with copy and paste or with a small text edit window. You can use system preferences to set the keys or corners to open a window quickly. I use multiple windows and find that one behind the other is fastest for me. Spaces is built for this issue, but I don't use it often. I really don't know if I answered your question, yet I think I did.

Ray

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