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Window.Activate Method

Definition

Attempts to bring the window to the foreground and activates it.

[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public bool Activate ();
public bool Activate ();

Returns

true if the Window was successfully activated; otherwise, false.

Attributes

Remarks

The rules that determine whether the window is activated are the same as those used by the Win32 SetForegroundWindow function (User32.dll).

If the window is activated in a Windows Presentation Foundation application that is not the user's foreground application, Activated event is raised.

Note

This method cannot be called when a window is hosted in a browser.

Applies to

Product Versions
.NET Framework 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8, 4.8.1
Windows Desktop 3.0, 3.1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

See also