WindowFloater

A System Tray Utility To Make A Window Float To The Top
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  • License:
  • Freeware
  • Publisher Name:
  • Lim Bio Liong
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://www.codeproject.com/Members/Lim-Bio-Liong
  • Operating Systems:
  • Windows All
  • File Size:
  • 12 KB

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WindowFloater Description

The WindowFloater application was developed to be a system tray utility to make any window float to the top of the Z-Order. The demo app is a Sys Tray utility that activates a context menu when doubled-clicked. Using the demo app, you are able to manipulate the Z-order of a top-level window or dialog box, making it always on top of any other window on the desktop. Although my main intension is to give a demonstration of one possible use of the Window Finder utility, I had always wanted to have such a Window Floater facility for a long time. I first got the idea when I was trying to casually watch a movie on CD-ROM while doing some programming work at the same time. The movie player software had no facility to stay on top of other windows which meant I had to make it share the monitor screen with Visual Studio. It was very annoying.Double-click on the icon and a context menu will appear. There will be 4 menu items:- Float A Window - this option will invoke the "Search Window" dialog box which will allow you to select a window to float on-top of all other windows on the desktop. - Sink A Window - this option does not actually "sink" a window. It will simply make a window non-topmost. If the selected window is a top-most window, it will become non-topmost. If it is not a top-most window, it will remain as it is. The "Search Window" dialog box will be used to select the target window. - About - displays an about message box. - Shutdown - shuts down the entire Sys Tray app. Once a window is selected, its information will be displayed in the "Search Window" dialog box and once you click on the "OK" button, the selected window will become one of the windows in the list of top-most windows in the OS.


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