Make MessageBox pop to front if parent dialog is clicked

Question

I'm having a problem with MessageBoxes. When a MessageBox pops up and I go to another window/program the MessageBox sometimes winds up behind the parent dialog. Thus I'm not able to discard the MessageBox since the parent dialog is disabled and I can't move it.

Is there any way of making the MessageBox pop to the front when the parent dialog is clicked or similar? I'm using C#.

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score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '12 at 12:05

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When you call MessageBox.Show() it has an overload that takes the Owner as first parameter :

MessageBox.Show(ParentForm, "Title",...)

That should help with this issue.

answered Jul 04 '12 at 12:05

MBen

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Thank you MBen! Exactly what I was looking for, sorry for the poor googling skills! – Robin Rye Jul 04 '12 at 12:16

Make MessageBox pop to front if parent dialog is clicked

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