Set window's owner without activating/bringing to front

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Hello, I've been googling for days for how to set window's owner without activating/bringing owner to front and couldn't manage to find it. Currently I'm using winapi:

SetWindowLong(hwndWindow, GWL_HWNDPARENT, hwndOwner); // GWL_HWNDPARENT = -8

or built in wrap:

new WindowInteropHelper(window) { Owner = owner };

Both works fine for setting owner, but they are bringing owner window to front which causes problems when there are a lot of windows.

Thanks for help!

Posted 5-Mar-15 16:58pm

chainerlt

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-05T17:32:00

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Please see: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms633541%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^].

Pay attention for the note in "Remarks" about the requirement to change the styles and synchronize the UISTATE.

—SA

Posted 5-Mar-15 17:32pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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chainerlt 6-Mar-15 0:24am

Thanks, I managed to get this working by manually setting window styles before setting owner.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Mar-15 0:43am

Great. You are very welcome.
—SA