When I have the documentation open and I double click in my (single)

patcher window, the patcher window stays inactive (keyboard

focus/title bar - new object 'n' key doesn't work), but the object

palette comes up and I can select objects but I can not navigate via

the key commands (ie: arrow keys, tab, etc). Why do I have to click on

the windows title bar to make it active? Shouldn't clicking in the

window make it active? Not sure if this is a bug or if it's related to

the logic of the interface but it 'feels' like a bug. Clicking on a

window 'should' make it active in my opinion and does in most other

When I have the documentation open and I double click in my (single)
patcher window, the patcher window stays inactive (keyboard
focus/title bar - new object 'n' key doesn't work), but the object
palette comes up and I can select objects but I can not navigate via
the key commands (ie: arrow keys, tab, etc). Why do I have to click on
the windows title bar to make it active? Shouldn't clicking in the
window make it active? Not sure if this is a bug or if it's related to
the logic of the interface but it 'feels' like a bug. Clicking on a
window 'should' make it active in my opinion and does in most other
software.

max5-patch-window-focus

Yep, same problem here, i use a lot of keyboard shortcuts and the focussing in max5 doesn't work as i would expect (yet?).

> Why do I have to click on the windows title bar to make it active?

Most likely you enabled All Windows Active from options menu.

> Clicking on a window 'should' make it active in my opinion

Disable it and it will behave like this. In the meantime, with 

All Windows Active, control-clicking in a background window gives you the option to select that window.

Most likely you enabled All Windows Active from options menu. 

Disable it and it will behave like this. In the meantime, with 
All Windows Active, control-clicking in a background window gives you the option to select that window.

Quote: jvkr wrote on Sun, 01 June 2008 04:41

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> Most likely you enabled All Windows Active from options menu. 

> Disable it and it will behave like this. In the meantime, with 

> All Windows Active, control-clicking in a background window gives you the option to select that window.

Ah yes, now it works much better. I can't remember turning that option on... So what does it officially do?

Quote: jvkr wrote on Sun, 01 June 2008 04:41
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> Most likely you enabled All Windows Active from options menu. 
> Disable it and it will behave like this. In the meantime, with 
> All Windows Active, control-clicking in a background window gives you the option to select that window.
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Ah yes, now it works much better. I can't remember turning that option on... So what does it officially do?


On Jun 1, 2008, at 4:38 AM, sylvain wrote:

All Window Active lets you layer windows on screen and operate the Max 

items in any of the windows that are visible without bringing that 

On Jun 1, 2008, at 4:38 AM, sylvain wrote:
> So what does it officially do?

All Window Active lets you layer windows on screen and operate the Max  
items in any of the windows that are visible without bringing that  
window to the front.

Chris Muir
cbm@well.com	
http://www.xfade.com

Well, I didn't turn on the All Windows Active mode. I just bought Max

5 and have just been looking at docs so far. It must be on by default.

Seems a little unintuitive to me to be on by default.

> All Window Active lets you layer windows on screen and operate the Max items

> in any of the windows that are visible without bringing that window to the

Well, I didn't turn on the All Windows Active mode. I just bought Max
5 and have just been looking at docs so far. It must be on by default.
Seems a little unintuitive to me to be on by default.

> All Window Active lets you layer windows on screen and operate the Max items
> in any of the windows that are visible without bringing that window to the
> front.
>
> It's useful sometimes.
>
> Chris Muir
> cbm@well.com
> http://www.xfade.com


[max5] Patch window focus