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Form Class
Form Properties
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Form..::.TopLevel Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether to display the form as a top-level window.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic
<BrowsableAttribute(False)> _
Public Property TopLevel As Boolean
C#
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public bool TopLevel { get; set; }
Visual C++
[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
public:
property bool TopLevel {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
F#
[<BrowsableAttribute(false)>]
member TopLevel : bool with get, set

Property Value

Type: System..::.Boolean
true to display the form as a top-level window; otherwise, false. The default is true.
ExceptionCondition
Exception

A Multiple-document interface (MDI) parent form must be a top-level window.

A top-level form is a window that has no parent form, or whose parent form is the desktop window. Top-level windows are typically used as the main form in an application.

The following code example use the Modal property to determine if a form is displayed as a modal form. If it is not the FormBorderStyle and TopLevel properties are changed to make the form non-top-level form with a tool window border.

Visual Basic
Private Sub ShowMyNonModalForm()
    Dim myForm As New Form()
    myForm.Text = "My Form"
    myForm.SetBounds(10, 10, 200, 200)

    myForm.Show()
    ' Determine if the form is modal.
    If myForm.Modal = False Then
        ' Change borderstyle and make it not a top level window.
        myForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow
        myForm.TopLevel = False
    End If
End Sub
C#
        private void ShowMyNonModalForm()
        {
            Form myForm = new Form();
            myForm.Text = "My Form";
            myForm.SetBounds(10,10,200,200);

            myForm.Show();
            // Determine if the form is modal.
            if(myForm.Modal == false)
            {
                // Change borderstyle and make it not a top level window.
                myForm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle.FixedToolWindow;
                myForm.TopLevel = false;
            }
        }
Visual C++
private:
   void ShowMyNonModalForm()
   {
      Form^ myForm = gcnew Form;
      myForm->Text = "My Form";
      myForm->SetBounds( 10, 10, 200, 200 );
      myForm->Show();

      // Determine if the form is modal.
      if ( myForm->Modal == false )
      {
         // Change borderstyle and make it not a top level window.
         myForm->FormBorderStyle = ::FormBorderStyle::FixedToolWindow;
         myForm->TopLevel = false;
      }
   }

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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