The GetForegroundWindow function returns a handle to the foreground window (the window with which the user is currently working). The system assigns a slightly higher priority to the thread that creates the foreground window than it does to other threads.

Syntax

HWND GetForegroundWindow(VOID);

Return Value

The return value is a handle to the foreground window. The foreground window can be NULL in certain circumstances, such as when a window is losing activation.

Function Information

Minimum DLL Version	user32.dll
Header	Declared in Winuser.h, include Windows.h
Import library	User32.lib
Minimum operating systems	Windows 95, Windows NT 3.1

See Also

Windows Overview, SetForegroundWindow