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Asked: 2026-05-15T16:05:12+00:00

I’ve got a specific window with the window style WS_CHILDWINDOW. It’s the child window

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I’ve got a specific window with the window style WS_CHILDWINDOW. It’s the child window of a window of which I’ve got the handle already. This window is the second-last one. How do I get it?

It’s C++ by the way.

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  1. Editorial Team

    As an alternative to EnumChildWindows posted above, you can use this:

    HWND first_child = GetWindow(parent_hwnd, GW_CHILD);
HWND last_child = GetWindow(first_child, GW_HWNDLAST);
HWND prev_to_last_child = GetWindow(last_child, GW_HWNDPREV);

    A drawback of this approach is a possibility of a race if a new child window is added at the end of Z-order between steps 2 and 3. Though in practice it shouldn’t be a problem. 🙂

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