SUMMARY *** Pop-up prompts come up behind the Ekos window. Hard to respond to something you can't see. It happens for everything, including submitting this bug report. *** STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. 2. 3. OBSERVED RESULT EXPECTED RESULT SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Windows: macOS: Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: KDE Frameworks Version: Qt Version: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This is a long existing annoyance on MacOS. Basically the problem is that QT on MacOS doesn't have the same parent - child window behavior as the other operating systems. When I first ported KStars to the Mac, all the windows such as Ekos and other dialogs, would disappear behind the star map if you clicked on the star map since they were all independent windows. I was able to fix some of them by making them "tool windows" but not all of them. Some of them still disappeared behind the starmap. So I had to make all windows we want in front of the starmap "always on top" so they don't disappear. The drawback to that is that they can appear in front of dialogs. So it is trading one issue for another. But moving a small window to get to a dialog is much less difficult than the whole starmap.