Reply #61: You two are arguing about different features. [View All]

[Atlant]

You two are arguing about different features.

IIRC,

In MacOS/X, the "Window" control buttons (Close, Minimize, Maximize)
can certainly be operated without bringing the target window "frontmost".
That is, as you mouse around on the screen, various windows' Window
Control buttons will highlight and you can activate them. I believe
this is a change from MacOS/9 and previous versions.

However...

In all versions of the MacOS to date, you can not operate the individual
controls WITHIN A WINDOW (including scroll bars and the like)
unless the window is frontmost or first brought frontmost.

Personally, as a user of systems where this is not true (such as Unix/
CDE/Motif), I think the Mac approach is a "feature" and not a bug.

Atlant