hidePalettes

Determines whether palette are hidden while LiveCode is in the background.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server OS: mac, windows, linux Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

set the hidePalettes to {true | false}

# Examples

set the hidePalettes to false

# Description

Use the hidePalettes property to change the behavior of palettes.

If the hidePalettes is true, palette--including stacks opened as 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 are always shown, regardless of which application is active.

# Tags

windowing,

# See

- **property:** activatePalettes, raiseWindows - **command:** palette - **function:** stacks - **glossary:** property, palette, OS X, Windows, Mac OS, Unix, behavior