# Bring to Back?

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bring-to-back/86448>\
**Category:** Ruby API\
**Created:** [January 28, 2019, 11:26pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bring-to-back/86448 "2019-01-28T23:26:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanRathbun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/danrathbun/32/500_2.png) [@DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/DanRathbun)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:18am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/bring-to-back/86448/5 "2019-01-29T01:18:37Z")

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_Reference:_

- [How to set Focus to Mainwindow - #6 by DanRathbun](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-set-focus-to-mainwindow/12383/6) (Dan’s MS Windows hack)

- [How to set Focus to Mainwindow - #11 by gottselig\_v](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-set-focus-to-mainwindow/12383/11) (Gottselig V’s simple dirty workaround)

Note also in this topic I said …

> [@How to set Focus to Mainwindow](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/how-to-set-focus-to-mainwindow/12383/8):
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> Which is exactly why we have begging for _for years_ for an API module function to set the SketchUp application window to have the focus, regardless of platform, language build, or SketchUp edition (Pro / Make.)

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**Discussions & code samples over at the SketchUcation forums:**

- [Re: Web dialogs stealing focus within my tool.](http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=57462#p522729)

- [Blurring the webdialog on Mac](http://sketchucation.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=180&t=49075#p441326)

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