Jerry,

Not sure why I did not notice it before but the 'Inspector' window does exactly what I was wanting the main bookmarks window to do. If Bookmacster is no longer the front most application, the Inspector window 'disappears' but it reappears (assuming it was open) when you bring the application to the front. This is what I would like the main window to do. It could be an option under the 'After opening this document, do automatically' preference as something like 'Hide when in background'.

Just wanted to let you know that the Inspector pane behavior is what I was wanting in the main window.

Regards,

Spaceman

Spaceman wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2010 at 2:18pm:
This appears as a menu item in BookMacster's Status Menulet, but only if no Bookmarkshelf is open.  (Took me several minutes to remember that myself  )

Another place where you can do this is if you set a given Bookmarkshelf to open upon launch, and also, in your System Preferences ▸ Accounts, set BookMacster is set to be a Login Item.  There is a "Hide" checkbox in that "Login Items" tab.  So when you log in, BookMacster will launch, open the desired Bookmarkshelf, and then hide it.

Spaceman wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2010 at 2:18pm:
I've added to the list of things to consider, but I'm not sure we want to do that.  If an app is launching automatically, as at Login, it makes sense to be able to do some additional setup automatically.  But if you're launching BookMacster manually, to have a window open and then immediately disappear without explanation, because of some preference which you set a long time ago, might cause confusion at times.  On the other hand, since you've just launched it manually, BookMacster is already on your mind, and it only takes one click of the yellow button in the window's title bar, or ⌘H on the keyboard, to mininize it to the dock.

Spaceman wrote on Dec 2^nd, 2010 at 2:18pm:
OK, noted that.  Someone else made a similar request recently.