Keep always on top

hi guys

I want to, Keep always on top , guide figure ?

Can you give an example ? or link.

[Adam Danz]

For figures created by uifigure in Matlab R2021a or later, set the WindowStyle to 'alwaysontop'.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/16062-making-a-figure-always-on-top#answer_696720

[Nasser Hosseini]

How do you do it with a "msgbox", i.e. keep it always on top? It is still a "figure" and not a "uifigure".

When I try to set 'WindowStyle' as 'alwaysontop', I get error:

>> fig_id = msgbox('test');

>> set(fig_id,'WindowStyle','alwaysontop')

Error using matlab.ui.Figure/set

Functionality not supported with figures created with the figure function.

[Adam Danz]

Message boxes are generated with regular figures. This property is only available for uifigures. You'll either need to generate your own message box using a uifigure or perhaps use a built-in dialog that uses uifigures (e.g. uialert).

Answer 1

[Jan]

There are a lot of tools for this job in the FEX, e.g. WindowAPI. This tool can use the Windows HWnd handle as input, such that I expect it to work on not-Matlab windows also - as long as you find a method to get the HWnd...

[nsbd]

Yes ty bro.but I need some more help.

I want to stay always on top checkbox with a Guide.

I met this new with FEX.I do not understand.I need time.

I understand what you want to do.please write now

[Jan]

Please formulate a question again. What exactly do you need?

[nsbd]

setFiguresAlwaysOnTop(true) %always on top

setFiguresAlwaysOnTop(false)

This should be enough :)

[nsbd]

problem was solved.thks

Answer 2

[Yoav Livneh]

set(figure_handle,'WindowStyle','modal')

[nsbd]

Ty Yes it worked. but just to windows :(

How can that be in the game

[Yoav Livneh]

I don't understand your question. What do you mean?

[nsbd]

I mean does not work on game windows.

[Yoav Livneh]

What I suggested only works within MATLAB. I don't know how to extend it to any window, wait for someone else to answer.

Sorry I couldn't help.

[nsbd]

:( I wrote a small program for the game.trying.just Would be nice if this property :)

Answer 3

[DGM]

Similar to Jan's suggestion, you can always do the window management with ... your window management tools. Jan's recommendation works in Windows. The following works in Linux.

Attached is a simple function that will set the specified window to be on top. This relies on the use of wmctrl, so you need to have that installed. This works for msgbox windows, regular figure windows, and uifigure windows..

hmb = msgbox('test');
hflg = figure(6);
hfui = uifigure(1);

windowontop(hmb)
windowontop(hflg)
windowontop(hfui)

Of course, you can set other window properties the same way.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/102219-how-do-i-make-a-figure-full-screen-programmatically-in-matlab#answer_588333

[Nasser Hosseini]

Thank you, DGM!

Jan's suggesed WindowAPI works nicely in its demo version, but somehow it doesn't work for me (MATLAB 2021a)! I keep getting this error that WindowAPI_HG2 doesn't exist.

function WinAPI_test

FigH = figure('Color', ones(1, 3), 'Renderer', 'Painters');

% Set topmost status:

WindowAPI(FigH, 'topmost');

drawnow;

>> WinAPI_test

Unrecognized function or variable 'WindowAPI_HG2'.

Error in WindowAPI (line 236)

MexFcn(FigH, varargin{:});

Error in WinAPI_test (line 5)

WindowAPI(FigH, 'topmost');

[DGM]

I have no idea how to use those tools, and I'm in no position to troubleshoot since I don't run Windows.

[Jan]

I have no idea, why this is failing, if the demo runs correctly. I've published a new version, which does do no magic tricks anymore to support old Matlab version (HG1, <= R2014b). Now only one C-mex function is compiled. Please try it again with the new version.

[Nasser Hosseini]

Thank you, Jan! It worked like a charm. :-)

Answer 4

[nsbd]

windowslivemessenger also have the option "always on top"

This Did he can be done?

Answer 5

[Shaul Shvimmer]

Hi, I want to inform whoever incounters this challage using MATLAB's App Designer, there's a great solution written by Igor Varfolomeev, from my experiance it works great in MATLAB 2018b and 2019b:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/73134-uifigureontop

Cheers, and thank you Igor!