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Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 01:05:49 +1000
Subject: Re: Keep one GUI always on TOP while python code is running
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On Sat, Aug 9, 2014 at 12:58 AM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> Now I seem to remember this same questioner (??) asking a few months ago
> about:
>
> I have an excel program running for 20 minutes and I want to lock
> the machine or something like that
>
> And you proscribing similarly then :-)
>
> Yeah 'On top' can be useful. 'Modal' is a PITA.

Yeah, that sounds about right.

"Always on top", incidentally, is very often used for windows which
won't have input focus - maybe a small window showing a status graph,
or maybe a short-lived popup alert - rather than as a means of keeping
the user's attention on something. But whatever it's used for, it
doesn't affect input focus.

ChrisA