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Fix intermittent window not coming to front on macOS startup #174

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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion src/windy/platforms/macos/platform.nim
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Expand Up @@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ proc applicationDidFinishLaunching(
notification: NSNotification
): ID {.cdecl.} =
NSApp.setPresentationOptions(NSApplicationPresentationDefault)
NSApp.setActivationPolicy(NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular)
NSApp.activateIgnoringOtherApps(true)

proc windowDidResize(
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -846,6 +845,13 @@ proc init() {.raises: [].} =
addMethod "doCommandBySelector:", doCommandBySelector
addMethod "resetCursorRects", resetCursorRects

# Set activation policy before finishLaunching so the window server has
# time to promote this process to a regular GUI app before we try to
# activate or show any windows. Setting it inside applicationDidFinish-
# Launching is too late — the window server processes policy changes
# asynchronously, causing intermittent failures to come to front.
NSApp.setActivationPolicy(NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular)

let appDelegate = WindyAppDelegate.new()
NSApp.setDelegate(appDelegate)

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