Bring window to the front

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Restore WindowState from Minimized

I have window which is normally hidden in the tray bar.

Then I want to show it if it was hidden, and bring to the front.

If it's already opened, I want to just bring it to front.

And if it's minimized to task bar, then I want to expand it and bring to front.

Now I have this in my show method:

this.Show();
this.Activate();
this.ShowInTaskbar = true;
this.TopMost = true;
this.Focus();

But if it's minimized it will not expand.

How to fix this?

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score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:26

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Try adding this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized

For full details of the FormWindowState enum, see here

answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:26

Mark Sherretta

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I would probably go with `FormWindowState.Normal` over `Maximized` – paul Oct 05 '12 at 13:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:26

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If it is minimized, you will have to restore the window using the WindowState property.

 this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized; // To maximize
 this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal; // To restore

answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:26

Bob.

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:40

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if (this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
    this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;    

this.Show();
this.Activate();
this.ShowInTaskbar = true;
this.TopMost = true;
this.Focus();

answered Oct 05 '12 at 13:40

Landern

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Bring window to the front

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