AlwaysOnTop not staying on top

[UncleDaddySwiss]

Hey, just started using Autohotkey recently and I have a script which includes a key combo to make the active window "AlwaysOnTop," however, it works only until a different window is clicked, and then the original is clicked again. Then the AlwaysOnTop is disabled. The code is

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#t::
     WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, Toggle, A
Return

Any help is appreciated.

[Delta Pythagorean]

Use this instead: #t::WinSet, AlwaysOnTop,, A

[UncleDaddySwiss]

Thanks for the reply, but the same outcome. I click on the top window to make it active, set it to alwaysontop using the script, click on a window under it, top window stays on top, but then I click on top window and then when I click on the window under it again it becomes the top window and the "top" window gets sent back. (I hope that makes sense)
Thank you for trying though.

[boiler]

Some windows don't keep the AlwaysOnTop attribute persistently. Perhaps the software controlling that window sets the attributes back or something. You could make a script that will change the attribute to AlwaysOnTop every so often (100 ms, perhaps) once you've identified the window with the hotkey and ascertained its unique ID (HWND).

[jeeswg]

This may solve the problem. The issue is: what happens when two windows have the WS_EX_TOPMOST extended window style. If you alternate between two on-top windows with alt-tab, the active one will overlap the inactive one. Thus it may be desirable, when you make one window on-top, to make the other window not on-top.
- Btw you may get weird results if you try to make certain windows on-top, so you may want to add an exclude list based on the window class. There is some example code for that commented out below.

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q:: ;set current window to always-on-top (set any previous window to not always-on-top)
WinGet, hWnd, ID, A
;WinGetClass, vWinClass, % "ahk_id " hWnd
;if (vWinClass = "Shell_TrayWnd")
;	return
if (hWndOnTopLast = hWnd)
	return
else if hWndOnTopLast
	WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, Off, % "ahk_id " hWndOnTopLast
hWndOnTopLast := hWnd
WinSet, AlwaysOnTop, On, % "ahk_id " hWnd
return

[UncleDaddySwiss]

Thanks for the replies. So far I've only tested with Notepad++ being the "under" window and Microsoft Edge being the window I'm trying to keep on top. I'm just starting to learn this language, so I will look into the suggestions.

[jeeswg]

Windows 10, with built-in MS software, typically causes unusual problems for AutoHotkey (although there may be workarounds). Also, admin windows can cause problems. So I would recommend using some simple non-Microsoft, non-admin software for doing testing e.g. NirSoft utilities, they are portable, and usually (always?) under a megabyte in size (note: one or two NirSoft utilities do need to be run in admin mode).

[UncleDaddySwiss]

Yep, you are correct. I know I should have done this before, but I have tried other windows which do work as expected. Thanks for all the replies!

Edit: Ok, strange, it seems that its the specific combination of Edge and Notepad++. Every other combination with those two apps and other programs works fine.