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

See also

Reference

SetForegroundWindow

Conceptual

Windows