# How would I bring the Ignition application to the forefront

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-would-i-bring-the-ignition-application-to-the-forefront/9284>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 4, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-would-i-bring-the-ignition-application-to-the-forefront/9284 "2014-11-04T17:55:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![dadof3and3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dadof3and3](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dadof3and3)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-would-i-bring-the-ignition-application-to-the-forefront/9284/1 "2014-11-04T17:55:46Z")

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I have a Ignition client running, at some point there will be a popup from another application (outside Ignition) via a submit button. Once that application does its open, it will be on top of Ignition. How can I bring Ignition to the forefront, effectively hiding the other application ??

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**Author:** ![adamaustin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f8ce5/32.png) [@adamaustin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/adamaustin)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-would-i-bring-the-ignition-application-to-the-forefront/9284/2 "2015-01-14T15:48:09Z")

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I’m catching up on some old posts and I found this one.

Here is some code I put in a Timer component actionPerformed that seemed to work for me (Ignition 7.6.x in Windows 7 client):

```auto
win = system.gui.getParentWindow(event)
while win.parent != None:
	win = win.parent
win.toFront()

```