OpenCV: how to force the image window to appear on top of other windows?

Question

Using cvShowImage, one can easily show an image in OpenCV. However, how do you tell OpenCV to show the window on top of every other window?

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Answer 1

OpenCV has no native way to do this (that I'm aware of).

The answer is platform dependent. If your target is Windows, check this answer and then this and this will certainly be useful.

If you are on Linux, you need to take a look at how OpenCV was compiled and check what system its built on (probably GTK+ 2.x). Then, do some research of your own.