How to keep input box always on top

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Hi,

I have an application in which an input box is supposed to come up on the screen when i press a certain button. But the problem that i am facing is that the input box always comes below the application.
Is there any way to keep the input box always on top of all the applications ?

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Posted 1-Sep-12 21:12pm

himanshu_88

Updated 9-May-20 4:36am

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Wendelius · Answer 1 · 2012-09-01T21:27:00

Solution 1

Taken this is Windows.Forms, if the dialog goes under your application, you should define the owner. See: Form.ShowDialog [^]

You can also set the TopMost[^] property to force the dialog on the highest level in Z-order.

Posted 1-Sep-12 21:27pm

Wendelius

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ChrisRaisin 24-Sep-22 17:26pm

Inputbox is not a dialog and so does not have "Topmost" property

Navin Balla · Answer 2 · 2012-09-02T07:53:00

Solution 2

InputBox always comes on topmost position for VB.NET.
TO check it out, create a new form & show InputBox on form load, you can see until you close the InputBox you cannot work on that form, from which InputBox is shown

Posted 2-Sep-12 7:53am

Navin Balla

Member 9331236 · Answer 3 · 2012-09-27T12:37:00

Solution 3

This works but is probably not ideal

me.hide()
text=inputbox("enter the password ..",,,,)
me.show()
me.update()

Posted 27-Sep-12 12:37pm

Member 9331236

ChrisRaisin · Answer 4 · 2020-05-09T04:37:00

Use the control "InputDialog" in a function call rather than using the function "InputBox" as showing in this following sample.

VB

Private Function GetPassword(Optional strCurrentPW as String = "") as string
  Dim strPassword As String = ""
  Dim InputPassword As New InputDialog
  With InputPassword
    .TopMost = True 'keep dialog on top
    .Text = "Password" 'text is the "Title" bar of the Dialog
  '''.btnOK.Visible = True 'True by default, shown for documentation purposes
  '''.btnCancel.Visible = True 'True by default, shown for documentation purposes 
    .txtValue.Text = strCurrentPW 'Initial value in the input area of the dialog
    .Prompt = "Please input your password" 'A prompt just above the input area
    .ShowDialog() 'display the dialogue and wait for response 
  End With
  If InputPassword.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK Then  'OK button clicked
    return InputPassword.value.trim
  else 
    return "" 
  endif
end function

The "topmost" setting will ensure the input box (or rather, Input Dialog") will appear above all other forms. I hope this helps.