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Window.WinFlashWindowMBS(Invert as boolean)

Type Topic Plugin Version macOS Windows Linux iOS Targets
method Windows MBS Util Plugin 16.2 ❌ No ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No Desktop only
Flashes Window.
Example
window1.WinFlashWindowMBS true

Flashes the specified window one time. It does not change the active state of the window.

Invert: If this parameter is true, the window is flashed from one state to the other. If it is false, the window is returned to its original state (either active or inactive).

When an application is minimized and this parameter is true, the taskbar window button flashes active/inactive. If it is false, the taskbar window button flashes inactive, meaning that it does not change colors. It flashes, as if it were being redrawn, but it does not provide the visual invert clue to the user.

Flashing a window means changing the appearance of its caption bar as if the window were changing from inactive to active status, or vice versa. (An inactive caption bar changes to an active caption bar; an active caption bar changes to an inactive caption bar.)
Typically, a window is flashed to inform the user that the window requires attention but that it does not currently have the keyboard focus.
The FlashWindow function flashes the window only once; for repeated flashing, the application should create a system timer.

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