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Idea: type into an application that is not at the top

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rick fleischer:
Similar to the 1-hour app that lets you drag a window without activating it and bringing it to the top, this would allow you to interact with the GUI of an application without bringing it to the top.  For instance, if you were taking notes from a large graphical window, you could do so without having to switch back and forth between, say, notes and the large graphical window you are studying.  (And if it sounds like I have suffered through this exercise, that would be because I have.)

steeladept:
At first, this didn't make much sense to me, until I realized I was doing it as I write this.  This would be really nice.  Keep an app in the background, but be able to interact with certain controls.  :Thmbsup:

Eóin:
I'd guess perhaps that setting the large window to always on top would achieve the same effect, and such a solution I'm sure is already out there.

Just a thought.

steeladept:
The problem with this, for me at least, is that it then hides the small window that I am referencing. Thusfar my only solution has been to make the windows smaller which brings it's own set of problems - usually with toolbars that can't be turned off.

Shades:
On my system I have 'Katmouse' running for years now. Above whichever window my mouse pointer is hovering, that is the window that I control with the mouse. It does not steal the focus from the active window.

I find it gives me a huge productivity gain when comparing lists (typing in one window while scrolling through the other.

A really nice piece of freeware.

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