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How to start IDE in the background?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 12:36 pm
by Axolotl
Maybe I am too stupid to find the right switch.
I am looking for a setting that starts the IDE in the background.
Since I have many files open, the IDE is brought to the foreground every time a file is loaded.
Thanks in Advance.
Re: How to start IDE in the background?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 1:17 pm
by Quin
what OS?
Cannot reproduce, but I actually want that behavior. If I press enter on a .pb file in explorer while I already have one open, the IDE isn't brought to the foreground, windows 10 21H2 and Windows 11 24H2.
Re: How to start IDE in the background?
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 2:57 pm
by Axolotl
I (mostly) work with Win11 Home.
The described behavior can be observed with the Setting: Auto-reload last open sources
The thing is, I really have a lot of open sources .... (I know, my bad).
In your scenario, I would definitely have the IDE in the foreground.
Re: How to start IDE in the background?
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2025 10:01 am
by Piero
Did you try this (flashes AND timeout)?
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/change-fo ... -11.14363/
PS: Saw your post and wanted the
opposite, but it didn't work… so in case please tell me what settings you had to get foreground on open!
Re: How to start IDE in the background?
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2025 2:38 pm
by Axolotl
well, its very interesting.
I am doing some cleaning with my old Win10 notebook to prepare it to move to linux (some day).
And with PB 6.11 (x64) it looks like the way I like it. Only the Splash Screen is in foreground (because I do not check the Disable Splash Screen).
My General Settings are always the same:
[x] Run only one instance
[ ] Disable Splash Screen
[x] Memorize Window positions
[x] Auto-reload last open sources ; <== I would like the IDE to load these files in the background, not the single files selected by double click ...
[x] Display full Source Path in TitleBar
[ ] Enable accessibility features
=> So different behavior on my two computers:
1: Win10 + PB 6.11 (x64)
2: Win11 + PB 6.21 (x64) latest beta
Re: How to start IDE in the background?
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 10:22 am
by Axolotl
Checked on Win11 again with PB6.20 (x64) final and PB6.21 latest beta.
No difference between this setting. (of course the splash screen is visible or not depending on the setting)
[ ] Disable Splash Screen
and
[X] Disable Splash Screen
Behavior:
With each file that is loaded, the IDE is also brought to the foreground.
It seems that there is no setting to change this.
P.S. I will not create a change request for this.