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# orderFrontRegardless()

Moves the window to the front of its level, even if its application isn’t active, without changing either the key window or the main window.

```
func orderFrontRegardless()
```

## Discussion

Normally an `NSWindow` object can’t be moved in front of the key window unless it and the key window are in the same application. You should rarely need to invoke this method; it’s designed to be used when applications are cooperating in such a way that an active application (with the key window) is using another application to display data.

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