Question

I open a window with the following:

NSRect screenRect = [[NSScreen mainScreen] frame];
[super initWithContentRect:screenRect 
               styleMask:NSBorderlessWindowMask 
                 backing:NSBackingStoreBuffered 
                   defer:NO]; 
int windowLevel = CGShieldingWindowLevel();
[self setLevel:windowLevel];

… so the window is fullscreen & above all other window levels (including modal windows). I later want to display an open panel, however the following opens the dialog below the window I created above (it seems that the runModal stuff overrides the requested window level I try to set):

  NSOpenPanel *OP = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];      
  int windowLevel = CGShieldingWindowLevel();
  [OP setLevel:windowLevel];
  int returnCode = [OP runModal];

… and the following opens a sheet on the window created above (good), however it also winds up showing the menu bar, which I had previously hidden (not what I want):

  NSOpenPanel *OP = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];      
  [OP beginSheetModalForWindow:[self window]
             completionHandler:^(NSInteger returnCode) {
               NSLog(@"completionHandler called with %d", returnCode);
             }];

… so my questions are:

• Does anyone know how to open a modal window above the CGShieldingWindowLevel ?
• Is there any way to get the menu bar to not show up on the sheet solution I’m trying above ?

Thanks all 🙂

Answer 1

OK, here’s an even better option – missed this one completely when I was reviewing the docs:

NSOpenPanel *OP = [NSOpenPanel openPanel];
[OP setLevel:CGShieldingWindowLevel()];
[OP beginWithCompletionHandler:^(NSInteger returnCode) {
  NSLog(@"completionHandler called with %d", returnCode);
}];

… ie: open the panel as it’s own window, which was exactly what I wanted to do in the fist place (duh!)