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Disable UseShellExecute and bring the window to the front in case Ctrl + Click is used #80

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Disable UseShellExecute and bring the window to front from UWP apps
Apr 10, 2021
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Bring window to the front and steal focus in case user CTRL - Click t…
Apr 10, 2021
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18 changes: 16 additions & 2 deletions BrowserSelect/Form1.cs
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Expand Up @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public partial class Form1 : Form
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
MaximizeBox = false;
}

public void updateBrowsers()
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -253,7 +254,12 @@ public static void open_url(Browser b, bool incognito = false)
}
else
{
Process.Start(b.exec, Program.Args2Str(args));
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(b.exec);
// Clicking MS Edge takes more than 4 seconds to load, even with an existing window
// Disabling UseShellExecute to create the process directly from the browser executable file
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
startInfo.Arguments = Program.Args2Str(args);
Process.Start(startInfo);
}
Application.Exit();
}
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -284,7 +290,15 @@ private void center_me()
var top = wa.Height / 2 + wa.Top - Height / 2;

this.Location = new Point(left, top);
this.Activate();


// Borrowed from https://stackoverflow.com/a/5853542
// Get the window to the front
this.TopMost = true;
this.TopMost = false;

// "Steal" the focus
this.Activate();
}

private void btn_help_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
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