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Form::ShowWithoutActivation Property

.NET Framework (current version)
 

Gets a value indicating whether the window will be activated when it is shown.

Namespace:   System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

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[BrowsableAttribute(false)]
property bool ShowWithoutActivation {
	virtual bool get();
}

Property Value

Type: System::Boolean

True if the window will not be activated when it is shown; otherwise, false. The default is false.

Use this property if you want to show a top-level window, but don't want to interrupt a user's work by taking the input focus away from the current window. This can be an informational pop-up window or a floating window, such as a Tools palette in the Paint application.

Because this property is read-only, you can only change its value by overriding ShowWithoutActivation in your own form, and programming it to return true.

If your non-activated window needs to use UI controls, you should consider using the ToolStrip controls, such as ToolStripDropDown. These controls are windowless, and will not cause a window to activate when they are selected.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0
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