macOS: Try to prevent SDL from being weird at launch

There appears to be some hacks in SDL regarding launch-time app activation. At least on my Macs, this leads to the forced unhiding of the dock in what appears to be mostly random behavior.

Attempting to disable the hack via an SDL hint and activate the app manually.

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/macos.m b/src/macos.m
index a4f2b079..35594b7b 100644
--- a/src/macos.m
+++ b/src/macos.m
@@ -402,8 +402,10 @@ void registerURLHandler_MacOS(void) {
     [handler release];
 }
 
-void setupApplication_MacOS(void) {
+void setupApplication_MacOS(void) {    
     NSApplication *app = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
+    [app setActivationPolicy:NSApplicationActivationPolicyRegular];
+    [app activateIgnoringOtherApps:YES];
     /* Our delegate will override SDL's delegate. */
     MyDelegate *myDel = [[MyDelegate alloc] initWithSDLDelegate:app.delegate];
     [myDel setAppearance:currentSystemAppearance_()];
@@ -539,7 +541,7 @@ enum iColorId removeColorEscapes_String(iString *d) {
     return color;
 }
 
-// returns the selected item, if any
+/* returns the selected item, if any */
 static NSMenuItem *makeMenuItems_(NSMenu *menu, MenuCommands *commands, const iMenuItem *items, size_t n) {
     NSMenuItem *selectedItem = nil;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < n && items[i].label; ++i) {
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e735f713..f7ac6522 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_ALLOW_SCREENSAVER, "1");
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_MAC_CTRL_CLICK_EMULATE_RIGHT_CLICK, "1");
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_VIDEO_X11_NET_WM_BYPASS_COMPOSITOR, "0");
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_MAC_BACKGROUND_APP, "1");
 #if 0
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_MOUSE_TOUCH_EVENTS, "1"); /* debugging! */
 #endif