windowraise?

[snowsnowsnow]

Here's something interesting.  In at least one other window manager system that I use (one not made by MS), there is a functionality called "windowraise" - that raises a window (makes it visible, regardless of how deep down in the window stack/mess it may have been) without giving it the focus (keyboard/mouse).  AFAICT, there's no function to do this in WB.

I figured out a workaround.  If you give a window "stays on top", then (immediately thereafter) take it away, then it will effectively raise it (w/o giving it the focus).  Like this:

mywinid = WinIdGet("Some Window title")
...
IntControl(54,mywinid,1,0,0)
IntControl(54,mywinid,0,0,0)


So, my questions are:
1) Is this the approved way?
2) Is there a better way?

[td]

You have concocted a clever way to move a window to the top of the Z-order. Of course, WinBatch now has the WindowOnTop function which offers the same functionality as the IntControl 54.  Off the top, I cannot think of a better solution.

[spl]

Off the top, I cannot think of a better solution.

Power Toys [I couldn't resist]

[snowsnowsnow]

What is Power Toys?  (some 3rd party app/tool?)

[kdmoyers]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/

[td]

I use Power Toys apps regularly. For a change, MSFT mostly got the app collection right. Of course, it is only supported on Windows 10/11 in its latest iteration.

[snowsnowsnow]

only supported on Windows 10/11 in its latest iteration.

Thus of absolutely no value or interest to me.

Not that I care much, since nobody wants to talk about it here, but are older versions still available for download?

[td]

Archived versions are available back to early 2022, but that doesn't help you. I am not aware of any earlier versions than 2022 being available. But I haven't conducted an extensive Web search either.