Question

I’d like to build an app that does not have a menubar, a dock icon, or sits in the app switcher. Basically, it should be like Quicksilver: I’d active it through a global hot key, say from Safari, and a little window appears, but Safari does not get inactive, neither does a different menubar show. I hope you understand what I mean…

How would I do that? I can prevent the dock icon, the app switcher, but I do not know how I can prevent the other apps from becoming inactive when my app’s window shows or how I can remove the menu.

Thanks for any hints!

Answer 1

Try searching for “LSUIElement“. That should give you all the information you need.

(Specifically, this page in the documentation).