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Add option to use floating windows for model previews on macOS #19

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Viewer/Mac/Base.lproj/Main.storyboard
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</connections>
</menuItem>
<menuItem isSeparatorItem="YES" id="Qpm-Qs-Vdp"/>
<menuItem title="Float Window" keyEquivalent="F" id="kog-Ka-X5i">
<connections>
<action selector="toggleFloatWindow:" target="Ady-hI-5gd" id="HQv-XV-Nm1"/>
</connections>
</menuItem>
<menuItem title="Show Sidebar" keyEquivalent="s" id="kIP-vf-haE">
<modifierMask key="keyEquivalentModifierMask" control="YES" command="YES"/>
<connections>
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15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions Viewer/Mac/Document.swift
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isOrthographic.toggle()
}

@IBAction func toggleFloatWindow(_: NSMenuItem) {
if let window = viewController?.view.window {
if window.level == .floating {
window.level = .normal
return
}

window.level = .floating
}
}

// MARK: Menus

override func validateMenuItem(_ menuItem: NSMenuItem) -> Bool {
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case #selector(showModelInfo(_:)):
menuItem.title = selectedGeometry == nil ?
"Scene Info" : "Selected Shape Info"
case #selector(toggleFloatWindow(_:)):
if let window = viewController?.view.window {
menuItem.state = window.level == .floating ? .on : .off
}
default:
break
}
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions docs/mac/getting-started.md
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ShapeScript will only ask you which editor you want to use the *first* time you edit a file, then it will remember your choice. If you change your mind later, you can select a different editor in Preferences (select the `ShapeScript > Preferences…` menu or press **Cmd-,**).

When using an external editor, it may be useful to have the window displaying the rendered model accessible in the same workspace so you do not have to use split-screen or switch applications every time you make a change to see the result. You can do this using the `View > Float Window` option. Note that this setting must be set independently for each window.

## File Structure

The first line of the default `.shape` document looks like this:
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