# Way to make icon blink?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-make-icon-blink/58938>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [April 27, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-make-icon-blink/58938 "2022-04-27T16:19:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-make-icon-blink/58938/1 "2022-04-27T16:19:51Z")

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Using Vision 8.1.16.

My applications lets users send messages to each other. Right now the way they know this is when they have the application open, there’s a blinking icon that lets them know.

However, many times users will minimize the project. I would like it if I could force the icon to blink when they have messages.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/8/18b9c1b9fe92ee3157190364e6ebb1646ff7cdea.png) ← this is what I would like to make blink.

Is this possible?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/way-to-make-icon-blink/58938/2 "2022-04-27T17:51:53Z")

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Maybe this:

```auto
from javax.swing import SwingUtilities

window = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor(someComponent)
window.toFront()

```

> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/489255/how-can-i-flash-the-windows-taskbar-using-swing>