Modal Window Not On Top

[Brian Barnes]

I have just started using the Rad controls for WPF and have come across an issue I cannot resolve on my own. 

I open a RadWindow with the ShowDialog() function call.  The window appears, and is in Modal mode, however, if I set focus to another application, when I come back to my WPF application, the modal window is no longer on top.  There are no icons for the modal window in my task bar.  The only way I can get back modal window is to use the Alt-tab functionality.

In the XAML my Radwindow is defined:

                <telerik:RadWindow Name="radManagePartsWindow" Height="530" Width="1000"
                                   telerik:Theming.Theme="Office_Blue" Visibility="Collapsed"
                                   ResizeMode="NoResize" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
                                   CanMove="True"
                                   Header="Part Manager"
                                   Opened="radManagePartsWindow_Opened"
                                   Closed="radManagePartsWindow_Closed" Activated="radManagePartsWindow_Activated"
                                   >
In my code I access it via:

        private void btnManagePart_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            radManagePartsWindow.DataContext = DataContext;
            radManagePartsWindow.ShowDialog();
        }
How can I get the modal window to ALWAYS be on top?

[Boyan]

Hi Brian Barnes,

The RadWindow control for WPF is actually using a WPF Window control "behind the scene" to implement the modal logic. Because of this, the RadWindow control acts just like the Window control in WPF - if you have a main window that shows the RadWindow control and you need to make the RadWindow control be always on top of it, you just need to set the Owner property of the RadWindow control to be the main window.

Regards,
Boyan
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[Klaus Byskov Hoffmann]

Dear Boyan,
Thanks for that. I was having the exact same problem and your suggestion has solved it for me.

Kind regards,

Klaus

[Geoff Smith]

Is there a way to set the owner for RadWindow.Alert? 

[Miroslav Nedyalkov]

Hello Geoff,

 In the latest version of RadControls for WPF, the DialogParameters class has an Owner property that allows you to specify an owner. Please keep in mind that the owner should be either a RadWindow or a Window control.

Best wishes,
Miroslav Nedyalkov
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[Pavel]

I have got similar problem. But I´m opening RadWindow from UserControl, so can´t set owner to UserControl. Is there another way how to set RadWindow opened from UserControl always on the top? I tried to set owner to RadRibbonMainWindow, but that doesn´t work.

My code:

App.xaml.cs

namespace Administration2010
{
    public partial class App : Application
    {
        public App()
        {
            // user control
            MainWindow MainWindow = Administration2010.MainWindow.Instance;

            RadRibbonMainWindow ribbonWindow = Administration2010.RadRibbonMainWindow.Instance;
            ribbonWindow.Content = MainWindow;
            ribbonWindow.Show();
        }
    }
}

EDIT: I´m sorry, that works to set Owner at RadRibbonMainWindow. I did something wrong.

[Viktor Tsvetkov]

Hello Pavel Bily,

I am not sure what exactly you problem is, so could you please send us your sample application and tell us the steps to reproduce the issue?

Greetings,
Viktor Tsvetkov
the Telerik team

[Pavel]

It´s all right already as I wrote at the end of my post. I have inside of Window UserControl. And from code behing of UserControl displays RadWindow. But I can set Owner property to Window (parent of UserControl) and it works then.

[Saykor]

OrderWindow ow = new OrderWindow();
                        ow.ResizeMode = ResizeMode.NoResize;
                        ow.WindowStartupLocation = WindowStartupLocation.CenterScreen;
                        ow.Header = mi.Header.ToString();
                        ow.Owner = this; //this is a Page
it seems i cannot  add Owner to be my page. Need to be a UserControl

[Miroslav Nedyalkov]

Hi Dimitar,

The Owner of the RadWindow control is meant to be either another RadWindow control or a WPF Window control. Any other type of owner will be ignored by the RadWindow control.

All the best,
Miroslav Nedyalkov
the Telerik team