# Toggle alwaysOnTop

**URL:** <https://forum.juce.com/t/toggle-alwaysontop/30495>\
**Category:** General JUCE discussion\
**Created:** [November 23, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/toggle-alwaysontop/30495 "2018-11-23T11:41:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![losslessgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@losslessgo](https://forum.juce.com/u/losslessgo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 11:41am UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/toggle-alwaysontop/30495/1 "2018-11-23T11:41:09Z")

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Newbie question … I want toggle alwaysOnTop for desktop application with button, but I do not know how to access MainWindow instance from my component so I can call alwaysOnTop function as in constructor in Main.cpp or I’m on wrong track?

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**Author:** ![xenakios](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/forum.juce.com/xenakios/32/4047_2.png) [@xenakios](https://forum.juce.com/u/xenakios)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/toggle-alwaysontop/30495/2 "2018-11-23T16:05:13Z")

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You can try getParentComponent().

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**Author:** ![losslessgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@losslessgo](https://forum.juce.com/u/losslessgo)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.juce.com/t/toggle-alwaysontop/30495/3 "2018-11-23T16:28:06Z")

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Thank you, you gave me an idea, getPeer() is what I was looking for.