window statement

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window		statement

Syntax
window tag, title, rect, style

Description
This statement does any of the following:

Create a new window;
Activate (highlight and bring to the front) an existing window;
Make an existing window visible or invisible;
Alter the title or rectangle of an existing window.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
tag	A positive or negative integer whose absolute value is in the range 1 through 1000000. A negative value hides the window.
title	A CFString expression.
rect	A rectangle in global screen coordinates. You can express it in either of two forms: (i) `(x,y,w,h)` where x,y are the origin and w,h the size of the window. (ii) A CGRect value To center a newly created window on the screen, specify x, y values of 0,0.
style	Window style options can be combined using '+': NSWindowStyleMaskBorderless NSWindowStyleMaskTitled NSWindowStyleMaskClosable NSWindowStyleMaskMiniaturizable NSWindowStyleMaskResizable NSWindowStyleMaskTexturedBackground NSWindowStyleMaskUnifiedTitleAndToolbar NSWindowStyleMaskFullScreen NSWindowStyleMaskFullSizeContentView NSWindowStyleMaskUtilityWindow NSWindowStyleMaskDocModalWindow NSWindowStyleMaskNonactivatingPanel NSWindowStyleMaskHUDWindow Default: NSWindowStyleMaskTitled + NSWindowStyleMaskClosable + NSWindowStyleMaskMiniaturizable + NSWindowStyleMaskResizable

Dialog events
_windowWillBeginSheet
_windowDidEndSheet
_windowWillResize
_windowDidResize
_windowWillStartLiveResize
_windowDidEndLiveResize
_windowWillMiniaturize
_windowDidMiniaturize
_windowDidDeminiaturize
_windowShouldZoom
_windowWillEnterFullScreen
_windowDidEnterFullScreen
_windowWillExitFullScreen
_windowDidExitFullScreen
_windowDidFailToEnterFullScreen
_windowDidFailToExitFullScreen
_windowWillMove
_windowDidMove
_windowDidChangeScreen
_windowShouldClose
_windowWillClose
_windowDidBecomeKey
_windowDidResignKey
_windowDidBecomeMain
_windowDidResignMain
_windowDidUpdate

// Dragging events
_windowDraggingEntered
_windowWantsPeriodicDraggingUpdates
_windowDraggingUpdate
_windowDraggingEnded
_windowDraggingExited
_windowPrepareForDragOperation
_windowPerformDragOperation
_windowConcludeDragOperation
_windowUpdateDraggingItemsForDrag

// Subclass events
_windowMouseDown
_windowMouseUp
_windowKeyDown
_windowKeyUp
_windowFlagsChanged
_windowMouseEntered
_windowMouseExited

Subclass
To subclass a nib window, set its class name to "WindowSC" in the nib.

Apple documentation
NSWindow