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ShellBoost.Core.Utilities
WindowsUtilities Class
WindowsUtilities Methods
ActivateModalWindow Method
ActivateWindow Method
AllocConsole Method
AllowSetForegroundWindow Method
AttachConsole Method
AttachThreadInput Method
BringWindowToTop Method
Center Method
CenterWindow Method
ChildWindowFromPoint Method
CloseWindow Method
Decode Method
DecodeMessage Method
DecryptSecureString Method
DestroyWindow Method
DetachThreadInput Method
DoModalUI Method
DoModelessAsync Method
EnableWindow Method
EncryptSecureString Method
EnsureSubKey Method
EnumerateChildWindows Method
EnumerateParentWindows Method
EnumerateProcessWindows Method
EnumerateProperties Method
EnumerateThreadWindows Method
EnumerateTopLevelWindows Method
EqualsOrdinal Method
FreeConsole Method
GetActiveWindow Method
GetAtomName Method
GetClientRect Method
GetConsoleWindow Method
GetCurrentThreadId Method
GetDesktopWindow Method
GetFocus Method
GetForegroundWindow Method
GetLastActivePopup Method
GetModalWindow Method
GetOwnerWindow Method
GetParentWindow Method
GetProfilesDirectory Method
GetProp Method
GetRealWindowClass Method
GetRootOwnerWindow Method
GetRootWindow Method
GetShellWindow Method
GetThreadActiveWindow Method
GetThreadCaptureWindow Method
GetThreadCaretWindow Method
GetThreadFocusWindow Method
GetThreadMenuOwnerWindow Method
GetThreadMoveSizeWindow Method
GetTopWindow Method
GetUserName Method
GetUserProfileDirectory Method
GetWindowClass Method
GetWindowDC Method
GetWindowDisplayAffinity Method
GetWindowLong Method
GetWindowModuleFileName Method
GetWindowProcessId Method
GetWindowRect Method
GetWindowText Method
GetWindowThreadId Method
GlobalGetAtomName Method
Invalidate Method
InvalidateRect Method
InvalidateRgn Method
IsHungAppWindow Method
IsIconic Method
IsOutlook Method
IsParentWindow Method
IsPickerHost Method
IsWindow Method
IsWindowEnabled Method
IsWindows10OrGreater Method
IsWindows7OrGreater Method
IsWindows7SP1OrGreater Method
IsWindows8OrGreater Method
IsWindows8Point1OrGreater Method
IsWindowsExplorer Method
IsWindowsVersionOrGreater Method
IsWindowsVistaOrGreater Method
IsWindowsVistaSP1OrGreater Method
IsWindowsVistaSP2OrGreater Method
IsWindowUnicode Method
IsWindowVisible Method
IsZoomed Method
LogicalToPhysicalPoint Method
MoveWindow Method
OpenExplorer Method
PhysicalToLogicalPoint Method
PostMessage Method
RedrawWindow Method
ReleaseDC Method
RemoveProp Method
Rename Method
RenameRegistryKey Method
RunForm Method
RunWindow Method
SendMessage Method
SetActiveWindow Method
SetConsoleIcon Method
SetConsoleStandardStreams Method
SetFocus Method
SetForegroundWindow Method
SetParent Method
SetProp Method
SetWindowDisplayAffinity Method
SetWindowLong Method
SetWindowPos Method
ShowModal Method
ShowModelessAsync Method
ShowWindow Method
ShowWindowAsync Method
SwitchToThisWindow Method
ToInsecureString Method
ToSecureString Method
UpdateWindow Method
WindowFromDC Method
WindowFromPhysicalPoint Method
WindowFromPoint Method
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WindowsUtilitiesGetForegroundWindow Method

Retrieves a handle to the foreground window (the window with which the user is currently working). The system assigns a slightly higher priority to the thread that creates the foreground window than it does to other threads.

Namespace:  ShellBoost.Core.Utilities
Assembly:  ShellBoost.Core (in ShellBoost.Core.dll) Version: 1.8.3.0
Syntax
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public static IntPtr GetForegroundWindow()

Return Value

Type: IntPtr
A handle to the foreground window.
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