What is the best way to determine if a window is actually visible in WPF

Question

I\'m trying to toggle the display of a small window based on the click of a notify icon in a system tray app. This is simple enough to implement, however when the small window i

Answer 1

You may not want to rely on whether a window is obstructed as there are many factors that can change the window size, positing, etc. and all of them tie into accessibility features which add even more complexities.

Instead, you may want to check whether or not the window has focus. This is how MSN Messenger knows whether or not to flash orange in the taskbar; it fires a notification and if it doesn't have focus, the taskbar flashes.