Use launch() but have the app minimized?

Processing Coding Questions
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Is there anyway to use launch() but have the app be minimized when it loads so it doesn’t cover the Processing sketch?

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if you’re on a mac launch() uses the “open” command. You might be able to use the -g flag before the path.

lauch("-g /Path/to/file/or/app");

from the open man page:
-g Do not bring the application to the foreground.

edit: I just tested. Adding the flag on mac doesn’t work. :frowning:

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That is creative and I salute the effort!

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For what it is worth I tried to launch() the sketch itself once it was running to kind of put it back on top per se. This did not work either.

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That too is quite clever!

I got curious and looked at the launch() command on processing’s github to see if there was a way to pass flags within the arguments but i didn’t have the mental fortitude this time of night nor the knowledge of java to follow what’s going on in there.