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Make file/folder dialogs automatically come to foreground on Windows #16

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions AssetRipper.NativeDialogs/OpenFileDialog.cs
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Expand Up @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public static class OpenFileDialog
{
OPENFILENAMEW ofn = default;
ofn.lStructSize = (uint)Unsafe.SizeOf<OPENFILENAMEW>();
ofn.hwndOwner = default; // No owner window.
ofn.hwndOwner = Windows.GetConsoleWindow(); // Use console window as owner to ensure dialog comes to foreground
ofn.lpstrFile = bufferPtr;
ofn.nMaxFile = (uint)buffer.Length;
ofn.lpstrFilter = filterPtr;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public static class OpenFileDialog
{
OPENFILENAMEW ofn = default;
ofn.lStructSize = (uint)Unsafe.SizeOf<OPENFILENAMEW>();
ofn.hwndOwner = default; // No owner window.
ofn.hwndOwner = Windows.GetConsoleWindow(); // Use console window as owner to ensure dialog comes to foreground
ofn.lpstrFile = bufferPtr;
ofn.nMaxFile = (uint)buffer.Length;
ofn.lpstrFilter = filterPtr;
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10 changes: 6 additions & 4 deletions AssetRipper.NativeDialogs/OpenFolderDialog.cs
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Expand Up @@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ public static class OpenFolderDialog
pFileDialog->GetOptions(&dwOptions);
pFileDialog->SetOptions(dwOptions | (uint)FILEOPENDIALOGOPTIONS.FOS_PICKFOLDERS | (uint)FILEOPENDIALOGOPTIONS.FOS_FORCEFILESYSTEM);

// Show the dialog
hr = pFileDialog->Show(default);
// Show the dialog with console window as owner to ensure it comes to foreground
HWND hwndOwner = Windows.GetConsoleWindow();
hr = pFileDialog->Show(hwndOwner);
if (Windows.SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
IShellItem* pItem;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -221,8 +222,9 @@ public static class OpenFolderDialog

string[]? result = null;

// Show the dialog
hr = pFileDialog->Show(default);
// Show the dialog with console window as owner to ensure it comes to foreground
HWND hwndOwner = Windows.GetConsoleWindow();
hr = pFileDialog->Show(hwndOwner);
if (Windows.SUCCEEDED(hr))
{
IShellItemArray* pItemArray;
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion AssetRipper.NativeDialogs/SaveFileDialog.cs
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Expand Up @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static class SaveFileDialog
{
OPENFILENAMEW ofn = default;
ofn.lStructSize = (uint)Unsafe.SizeOf<OPENFILENAMEW>();
ofn.hwndOwner = default; // No owner window.
ofn.hwndOwner = Windows.GetConsoleWindow(); // Use console window as owner to ensure dialog comes to foreground
ofn.lpstrFile = bufferPtr;
ofn.nMaxFile = (uint)buffer.Length;
ofn.lpstrFilter = filterPtr;
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