focus-stealing

Focus stealing is evil.

A quick Google search for solutions to Focus Stealing in Windows reveals two main result categories: People suggesting incomplete solutions involving the ForegroundLockTimeout registry entry (or TweakUI, which I believe simply changes the aforementioned registry entry), which isn't very effective. Incessant hordes of Windows users comp...

how do i keep a specific window of another program from stealing focus (C# ?)

hi ! i'm using a certain program that has a multitude of windows and each and every one of those windows might steal focus at certain times (mostly when they open). i would like to prevent a specific window from stealing focus when it opens (and also at other times, but that's less important and i can probably figure it out on my own if...

Steal focus to implement system-wide search box

Hi, in my application (http://tabbles.net) I need to offer a "global search" shortcut key like you see in google desktop: if you press CTRL+CTRL at any time (regardless of which application is active and has keyboard focus), a dialog box must pop up where you must be able to type a search text and press enter. This requires stealing foc...