makeKeyAndVisible & makeKeyWindow - uiwindow in iphone

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Sagar R. Kothari picture Sagar R. Kothari · Oct 1, 2009 · Viewed 22.5k times · Source

In every application,

there is always written as [window makeKeyAndVisible];

What is mean by makeKey?

Answer

Rob picture Rob · Oct 1, 2009

The key window is the window which will receive user interaction.

You might take a look at this:

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/WinPanel/Concepts/ChangingMainKeyWindow.html

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