Show window without taking focus

Targets macOS
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Since 64bit compiled Apps don’t show ListBox Helptags and Tooltips, I’ve build tiny class using a canvas to do the same.
All works fine except that I don’t know how to create the shadow under the Tooltip. So I figured I use a standard Window using type ‘Shadowed Box’ (Frame = 5).
That looks perfect except that it steals the focus when shown.

Does anyone know of a way show a Window while keeping the focus where it is?

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Set the “Visible” property of the tooltip window to False in the window editor. Then put the following code where the tooltip should become visible:

Declare Sub orderFront Lib "AppKit" Selector "orderFront:" (NSWindow As Ptr, sender As Ptr) Dim win As New TooltopWindow() Dim p As Ptr = Ptr(win.Handle) orderFront(p, Nil)

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Nice!!!
Thank you Eli.