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    Default SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Lately (and it may be due to some of the recent changes), it seems that whenever I try to work with another application with SAW open, Saw will grab the focus away from whatever program I try to switch to from the taskbar.

    One example is when I finish using CSG and wish to open Nero.
    Another example is when I am trying to refer to text notes in Notepad.

    It takes two or three attempts to grab/re-gain focus on the other application before SAW will finally stop grabbing it back from me... this happens even if I minimize SAW first.

    This didn't happen before I recently updated SAW to 4.9 from 4.6 (I think was the last version I'd had on the tower)...

    Is this a problem with my installation, or is there something new in SAW that forces it to insist on keeping the focus? If so, is there a way to defeat it?

    Thanks,
    DanT

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Not sure... a few have mantioned the same thing... I did make some changes in the past few versions...

    I'll look into it further.

    Bob L

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Thanks Bob.
    I wasn't sure if it was intentional.... I lose track of the changes.

    DanT

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    I find that now if I Cntrl Tab to get to other programs, they don't switch until the second time I go around the whole list. Could this be related?


    Regards,

    MM
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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Quote Originally Posted by MMP View Post
    I find that now if I Cntrl Tab to get to other programs, they don't switch until the second time I go around the whole list. Could this be related?


    Regards,

    MM
    Ditto.

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    I generally have to go to the Windows button to get to my hidden task bar. Cursor to the bottom doesn't work.
    " It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life … that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Bill Corkery Productions
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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Quote Originally Posted by MMP View Post
    I find that now if I Cntrl Tab to get to other programs, they don't switch until the second time I go around the whole list. Could this be related?


    Regards,

    MM
    Ditto +2

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Quote Originally Posted by bcorkery View Post
    I generally have to go to the Windows button to get to my hidden task bar. Cursor to the bottom doesn't work.
    That's been continuing to happen to me too for quite a long while. Thought it was fixed many versions back, but it's still there. I ended up resizing all my F-key files so the verticle size is just high enough to clear at least half of the taskbar underneath Saw when I pull the cursor down to the bottom of the monitor. That way I can still get to it when I need it. I'm not crazy about losing that one extra track in my max-track view, but at least it works.

    DanT

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    Good advice Dan. I didn't even consider this because I expected the task bar to pop up over SAW. Seems like an easy fix.

    Thanks,
    Bill
    " It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life … that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

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    Studio for Creative Audio

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    Default Re: SAW forcing On Top status over other programs

    That behaviour for the taskbar has always been there... the original F-Key defaults in SS always left a small gap at the bottom for the normal taskbar position.

    In fact, that taskbar blockage happens for me on many different apps... not even involving SS or SAC.

    Bob L

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