# Global floating window focus

**URL:** <https://forum.xojo.com/t/global-floating-window-focus/13039>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [December 17, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/global-floating-window-focus/13039 "2013-12-17T16:00:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Alejandro\_Fresno\_Meyer](https://forum.xojo.com/u/Alejandro_Fresno_Meyer)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/global-floating-window-focus/13039/1 "2013-12-17T16:00:19Z")

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Has anything changed in the way a global floating window works now ? I have used this kind of windows with RB and Carbon before but now once the window looses focus you can not return it easily like before.

For sample: a mouse move event requires to make the window active first, in previous versions the event fired being a different app the active one.

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**Author:** ![system](https://forum.xojo.com/uploads/default/original/1X/455b4dcc0e61630e9f81940004ddffa49c432a46.png) [@system](https://forum.xojo.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.xojo.com/t/global-floating-window-focus/13039/2 "2020-10-29T16:59:18Z")

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