Name: hidePalettes

Type: property

Syntax: set the hidePalettes to {true | false}

Summary: Determines whether <palette|palette windows> are hidden while LiveCode is in the background.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: mac,windows,linux

Platforms: desktop,server,web

Example:
set the hidePalettes to false

Value (bool):The <hidePalettes> is true or false.
By default, the <hidePalettes> <property> is set to true on <Mac OS> and <OS X|OS X systems>, false on <Unix> or <Windows|Windows systems>.

Description:
Use the <hidePalettes> <property> to change the <behavior> of <palette|palettes>.

If the <hidePalettes> is true, <palette|palette windows>--including <stacks> opened as <palette|palettes>--are hidden when another application comes to the front, and are shown when LiveCode is brought back to the front.

If the <hidePalettes> is false, <palette|palette windows> are always shown, regardless of which application is active.

References: activatePalettes (property), raiseWindows (property), palette (command), stacks (function), property (glossary), palette (glossary), OS X (glossary), Windows (glossary), Mac OS (glossary), Unix (glossary), behavior (glossary)

Tags: windowing
