How can I move the window without titleBar and fully filled with webView?

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I'm working on something similar to the native picture in picture.

I want to move this window, but can't because there is no titlebar (it's hidden and window.stylemask is fullSizeContentView) in it and it's fully filled with the webView.

So, I can't just click on titlebar and drag to move this window.

P.S. Sorry for my english. I hope the goal is clear

@EricAya but there are no titlebar (it is hidden and `window.stylemask` is `fullSizeContentView`) in it and it is fully filled with webView. So I can't just click on titlebar and drag to move this window. Do you understand? — Роман Елизаров, Dec 22 '16 at 16:01

Jeff · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-24T21:12:33.697

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You can subclass the webview to catch -mouseDown: events, and then pass the NSEvent to -[NSWindow performWindowDragWithEvent:].

Apple has sample code which uses this technique to start a window drag after the mouse moves some minimum distance, while still handling normal clicks. If you want to support basic interaction with the webview, this might be a good approach.

(Overriding -mouseDown: seems to work for WKWebView, it may not work with the legacy WebView. It's a bit of a hack, but you could use an overlay view to catch those events instead.)

edited Dec 24 '16 at 21:12

answered Dec 24 '16 at 04:00

Jeff

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Seems like it will not work it subclass of webView directly. – Роман Елизаров Dec 24 '16 at 17:45
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5341278/mousedown-not-firing-in-webview-subclass – Роман Елизаров Dec 24 '16 at 17:46
but you probably sent me in the right direction. I'll try to create overlay view and override this method as shown in the documentation – Роман Елизаров Dec 24 '16 at 17:49
Yes, it works as expected. I'll mark the answer as correct, but, please, add about overlay view. I could edit, but my English is curve more than completely – Роман Елизаров Dec 24 '16 at 17:55

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 04 '20 at 10:07

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If you remove the two lines with highlight(true) (line 18) and self.highlight(false) (line ~40) the sample code works also for WKWebView.

answered Jul 04 '20 at 10:07

MaFi

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How can I move the window without titleBar and fully filled with webView?

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