GetForegroundWindow function
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.
Syntax
HWND WINAPI GetForegroundWindow(void);
Parameters
This function has no parameters.
Return value
Type: Type: HWND
The return value is a handle to the foreground window. The foreground window can be NULL in certain circumstances, such as when a window is losing activation.
Requirements
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Minimum supported client | Windows 2000 Professional [desktop apps only] |
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Minimum supported server | Windows 2000 Server [desktop apps only] |
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See also
- Reference
- SetForegroundWindow
- Conceptual
- Windows
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