Hi All,
Is it possible to make a Lion app(/option) with MacRuby which allows you to change the opacity (alpha value) of other apps/windows via the View menu?
So say I have a PDF open in Preview, I'd go to: view menu > transparency, and then set it to 50%
Is this possible? Would it be a pain to do? I don't think I've seen any MacRuby apps that add functionality to other apps like this so am guessing it's not trivial.
Hi Aston,
Forgive the quick and dirty description... Properties of an application's windows are controllable by the operating system or the application itself. Allowing a different application access to the window is, generally speaking, a violation of process separation. That said, you might look into SIMBL. It allows you to inject code into a running process. Not as a separate process, but it is possible to modify an already running process.
Hope that helps.
- Josh