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# CGWindowLevelKey

Keys that represent the standard window levels in macOS. Quartz includes these keys to support application frameworks like Cocoa. Applications do not need to use them directly.

```
enum CGWindowLevelKey
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`CGWindowLevelKey.baseWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/baseWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.minimumWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/minimumWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.desktopWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/desktopWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.backstopMenu`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/backstopMenu)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.normalWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/normalWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.floatingWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/floatingWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.tornOffMenuWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/tornOffMenuWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.dockWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/dockWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.mainMenuWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/mainMenuWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.statusWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/statusWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.modalPanelWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/modalPanelWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.popUpMenuWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/popUpMenuWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.draggingWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/draggingWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.screenSaverWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/screenSaverWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.maximumWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/maximumWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.overlayWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/overlayWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.helpWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/helpWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.utilityWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/utilityWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.desktopIconWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/desktopIconWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.cursorWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/cursorWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.assistiveTechHighWindow`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/assistiveTechHighWindow)

[`CGWindowLevelKey.numberOfWindowLevelKeys`](/documentation/CoreGraphics/CGWindowLevelKey/numberOfWindowLevelKeys)


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