How to float window over application properly
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I am sure there is a simple way to do this, but heck if I can figure it out tonight. Does anyone know of a way to float a child Form (say tool window) in an application properly? I have a main Form, and I create a new child Form (tool window) with a parent of null and TopMost set to true. This allows my tool window to float over the app nicely. The problem is when I switch to another application, my toolwindow is still staring me in the face since it is TopMost! How can I make it float topmost only when the application is active? Is there a way to distinguish between the application losing activation because the user switched to another app or because they clicked on the child tool window (which causes a deactivate)? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Michael Developer, Author, Chef
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I am sure there is a simple way to do this, but heck if I can figure it out tonight. Does anyone know of a way to float a child Form (say tool window) in an application properly? I have a main Form, and I create a new child Form (tool window) with a parent of null and TopMost set to true. This allows my tool window to float over the app nicely. The problem is when I switch to another application, my toolwindow is still staring me in the face since it is TopMost! How can I make it float topmost only when the application is active? Is there a way to distinguish between the application losing activation because the user switched to another app or because they clicked on the child tool window (which causes a deactivate)? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated! Michael Developer, Author, Chef
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TopMostback tofalseand set theOwnerproperty of your floating window to the main application form. See theForm.Ownerproperty documentation in the .NET Framework SDK for more information.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
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TopMostback tofalseand set theOwnerproperty of your floating window to the main application form. See theForm.Ownerproperty documentation in the .NET Framework SDK for more information.Microsoft MVP, Visual C# My Articles
Bah! I knew I was overlooking something simple, but was too brain-fried last night to come up with it. Many thanks again for input Heath! Michael Developer, Author, Chef