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I have a menu option that when selected should display a layer complete with images and controls.
When that occurs I would like the widget Position = Bottom to become Position = topmost.

I have used the following functions that seem to be applicable:
widget.forceToFround();
widget.bringToFront();

The forceToFround (sic) is an interesting mis-spelling but regardless neither seem to function. The widget stays firmly in the background. Does anyone have any other method of successfully pulling the widget to the topmost position in code?

But why should do this though code..??? In the design, just move this layer on top and add a second "press on to close" component on this layer to close it again..
The designing with XW is much more easy and less complicated than Rainmeter. Many times, the complicated things need only a simple thought!

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I'm not sure my explanation made it clear. The widget is layered, position = bottom.

When I run select the menu option I want the whole widget to be position = topmost, not the layer. I'd be happy to just place the layer on top but I realise the engine won't do that. It is the whole widget I want to bring forward.

The reason for doing it in code is because the function exists and the IDE prompts you providing the facility. If it exists within the IDE/engine then it ought to work. If it works then it simply fulfils the function required. That's all I need. In this case the IDE will not help.

PS. I have no knowledge of rainmeter.

XWidget, as you know, HAS the default right click option for all the widgets to select their position. Personally I don't think is very functional have a widget on topmost position, that means have it on top of any window/screen. I don't know for the others but I never use it..

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It is occasionally useful to bring a widget forward and if it had been possible to do so in code then I would have used it. I don't really care if the widget's position is 'topmost' or 'normal' as long as I can bring it forward.

If it doesn't work (and I don't think it does) then I won't be able to use it.

If you and anyone else can try those two :

widget.forceToFround();
widget.bringToFront();

and see if they can make them work then please do - and then please report back. If they don't work, when the documentation properly gets going we can mark these as non-operational.

Same as hamid, I also use windowZPosition to control window positions of alerts, message, input boxes and a docked menu bar.

windowZPosition = 0;
alert("Add location is not empty");
windowZPosition = 2;

windowZPosition = 0;
eval(CoreToEdit).cmd(null, "!ShowSetting" );
windowZPosition = 2;

Very useful - thanks will experiment now.

My experimentation is complete. Thank you for the solutions.

widget.WindowZPosition=-1 //Bottom
widget.WindowZPosition=0 //Normal
widget.WindowZPosition=1 //TopMost
widget.WindowZPosition=2 //KeepTopMost

- is the way to change the zorder of an Xwidget in relation tot he other widgets and it does the job perfectly for me. Changed this post to CLOSED.

Can this snippet of information make its way into the documentation PLEASE.