[MlMt] Bringing the main window to the front?

[Nicholas Vahalik]

Well, after a restart, MM is responding in the ways you are indicating. 
So perhaps that is the issue.

Adding a message viewer menu item would still be a welcome addition.

Nick

On 4 Jul 2018, at 4:40, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 3 Jul 2018, at 18:20, Nicholas Vahalik wrote:
>
>> If you minimize the main MailMate window there does not appear to be 
>> keystroke combination that makes that window come back to the front.
>
> That is correct.
>
>> In some applications, hitting ⌘1 (Skype) or ⌘0 (Messages) will 
>> cause the main window to toggle visibility (or to be restored if 
>> minimized).
>
> This is because of the “Window ▸ Message Viewer” menu item in 
> Apple Mail. I'm willing to add this feature since I, generally, make 
> things work like Apple Mail when there's not strong arguments for 
> doing it differently :)
>
>> I think in the original `Mail.app`, hitting ⇧⌘N caused the main 
>> window to pop up if it had been minimized.
>
> I don't think it ever worked like that. This opens a new window (also 
> in MailMate).
>
>> I know Safari, Messages, and Skype all will un-minimize if they are 
>> re-instantiated. (e.g. minimize Safari and then, using Alfred, open 
>> Safari again).
>>
>> However, MailMate does none of these things. It would be nice if 
>> MailMate would restore upon clicking the icon or re-opening the app 
>> through Alfred. As it stands, right now I have to find the window in 
>> the dock and click on it every time.
>
> I cannot reproduce this. Clicking the Dock icon de-minimizes the 
> window. Are you sure?
>
> (⌘-tabbing does not de-minimize, but this is standard behavior.)
>
>> In addition to the refocusing upon open, it'd also be nice to have 
>> something like ⇧⌘N or ⌘1 that would also work in causing the 
>> main window to come back up after minimizing.
>
> I've noted to make ⌘0 behave like Apple Mail.
>
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