[fetopher]

Is there a way to hack the pref file in an app, or some unix command that will allow me to place a given window on top of all over windows and remain there? Seems like I desire this capability often. Right now, I need it for EyeTV. I want the kind of functionality VLC provides. Floating a window of video floating above all other windows, regardless of which app I'm in. Perhaps this could be put into a system preference pane. So you right click the title bar of a window and go down to "Float" and bam, that window floats until you uncheck it.


Possible?

[Turnpike]

I don't have the answers, but maybe I can give you places to look:

3rd party software might be able to do this. Look more into haxie stuff than anything else, but look around at it all. Somewhere, somebody has to be wanting this. Maybe if you pester the people at Unsanity, they'll get on it for ya

Interface Builder. This comes with the free Developer Tools from Apple. You might be able to find the window you want and change some property somewhere to make it float. I don't know if it would be easy, and I'm sure it would get tedious if you wanted to do it to more than a couple windows or if you want to be able to turn it on/off... but it'd be a place to look.


This would be a very useful feature to be build right into the OS... you should pester Apple through their feedback form

Good luck finding a solution!

[fetopher]

Thanks for the reply. Those are all good idea. I'll begin pursuing them right away. I'll let you know if I come up with anything.