With HTML menus I noticed the “bring_to_front” method but I am now trying to take the focus off of the HTML menu and return it back to the main window. I don’t see a method to do this…

you can play with the z-index. z-index only works on positioned elements (position:absolute, position:relative, or position:fixed). https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/playit.asp?filename=playcss_z-index&preval=2 div#myBox { position:absolute; background-color:red; z-index:1; }

you call element.focus from an onClick… john

I think he is asking not for menus (<div>) within dialogs, but about dialogs. Changing the order of windows. Window management is not much covered in the API (and I also think it should not, users don’t like apps doing funky stuff with other windows or catching focus), but as a complement to bring_…

Reference: How to set Focus to Mainwindow - #6 by DanRathbun (Dan’s MS Windows hack) How to set Focus to Mainwindow - #11 by gottselig_v (Gottselig V’s simple dirty workaround) Note also in this topic I said … [image] How to set Focus to Mainwindow Which is exactly why we have begging f…

Yeah, I’m trying to automatically bring the focus back to the main SketchUp window after starting a tool that also displays an HTML menu. If the user clicks anywhere within the main window then focus is returned to the main SketchUp window and the problem is averted but if the the user does not cli…

It doesn’t really break the plugin but it is a bit annoying for the user if they are not aware of what is happening. By tapping the control key the user is able to toggle the justification of the switch that the tool is inserting (left, center or right).

[image] medeek: …user does not click within the main windows and only moves their mouse (pans back and forth)… What about # onMouseEnter (view) : [image] Class: Sketchup::Tool Tool is the interface that you implement to create a SketchUp tool. Then y…

You can hide/close the dialog if the user is finished with it. If the user is still using it I’m not sure if it’s the best idea to move focus to the main window. Is there a problem with having the dialog focused?

I didn’t know this (cool) hack, but probably it is the best solution for your problem! Still I want to extend a bit on the possibility of forwarding keyboard input from the dialog: If you go a step back, and imagine you would have written your method [image] medeek: def onKeyDown(key, rpt, fl…

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Reference:

How to set Focus to Mainwindow - #6 by DanRathbun (Dan’s MS Windows hack)
How to set Focus to Mainwindow - #11 by gottselig_v (Gottselig V’s simple dirty workaround)

Note also in this topic I said …

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