Can a ToolWindow be always on top?

[Paul Fountain]

I would like a ToolWindow to always stay on top when it is floating.  I don't see a property for AlwaysOnTop or TopMost on the ToolWindow class, so does anybody out there have some sneaky code that allows you to do this?

[Richard Slade]

Hi Paul,

This should do that for you.
Hope this helps
richard

Private Sub RadDock1_FloatingWindowCreated(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Telerik.WinControls.UI.Docking.FloatingWindowEventArgs) Handles RadDock1.FloatingWindowCreated
    e.Window.TopMost = True
End Sub

[Paul Fountain]

That worked perfectly Richard, thank you.

[kris]

We are using the TopMost and have run into a problem, the dock/toolwindow are in Excel in our application. When setting TopMost, the window truly stays TopMost - above ALL windows on my Win7 box. Is there some other way to keep the ToolWindow on top of the parent application?

Thanks

[Richard Slade]

Hello,

As far as I'm aware, TopMost is the only property that you can set in this instance.
Regards,
Richard

[kris]

So my solution was to set the new window to TopMost, then SendToBack the other window that was TopMost, then BringToFront the new window. This puts all these windows in the correct order except they all float on top of other application windows. Sounds like MS need to have a TopMost just for the application.

[Richard Slade]

Glad that you have found a workaround Kris.
Regards,
Richard