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Bring Typewriter plugin window to foreground on launch #271

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14 changes: 7 additions & 7 deletions se5-plugins.json
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{
"name": "Typewriter effect",
"description": "Splits each subtitle line into short timed parts that progressively reveal the text, character by character.",
"version": "1.0.1",
"version": "1.0.2",
"author": "Subtitle Edit",
"url": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/tree/main/se5/TypewriterEffect",
"date": "2026-05-17",
"minSeVersion": "5.0.0",
"downloads": {
"win-x64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.1/TypewriterEffect-win-x64.zip",
"win-arm64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.1/TypewriterEffect-win-arm64.zip",
"linux-x64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.1/TypewriterEffect-linux-x64.zip",
"linux-arm64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.1/TypewriterEffect-linux-arm64.zip",
"osx-x64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.1/TypewriterEffect-osx-x64.zip",
"osx-arm64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.1/TypewriterEffect-osx-arm64.zip"
"win-x64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.2/TypewriterEffect-win-x64.zip",
"win-arm64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.2/TypewriterEffect-win-arm64.zip",
"linux-x64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.2/TypewriterEffect-linux-x64.zip",
"linux-arm64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.2/TypewriterEffect-linux-arm64.zip",
"osx-x64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.2/TypewriterEffect-osx-x64.zip",
"osx-arm64": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/releases/download/se5-typewriter-v1.0.2/TypewriterEffect-osx-arm64.zip"
}
},
{
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13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions se5/TypewriterEffect/MainWindow.axaml.cs
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_endDelayInput = this.FindControl<NumericUpDown>("EndDelayInput")!;
}

protected override void OnOpened(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnOpened(e);

// The plugin is a fresh process with no parent window relationship to
// Subtitle Edit, so on macOS/Linux/sometimes Windows it can appear
// behind SE. Toggling Topmost briefly forces the window to the top of
// the z-order, and Activate() gives it focus.
Topmost = true;
Activate();
Topmost = false;
}

private void OnCancel(object? sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
App.Response = new PluginResponse { Status = "cancelled" };
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion se5/TypewriterEffect/plugin.json
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"apiVersion": 1,
"name": "Typewriter effect",
"description": "Splits each subtitle line into short timed parts that progressively reveal the text, character by character.",
"version": "1.0.1",
"version": "1.0.2",
"author": "Subtitle Edit",
"url": "https://github.com/SubtitleEdit/plugins/tree/main/se5/TypewriterEffect",
"menu": "Tools",
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