Index: api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml,v
--- api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml		1.236
+++ api/doc/changes/apichanges.xml	
@@ -117,0 +117,35 @@ 
+
+    <change>
+        <api name="editor"/>
+        <summary>Added a new SHOW_TOFRONT constant to the <code>org.openide.text.Line</code> class.</summary>
+        <version major="5" minor="8"/>
+        <date day="21" month="3" year="2005"/>
+        <compatibility addition="yes"/>
+        <description>
+            The new constant is used in the <code>EditorSupportLineSet</code> and brings 
+            editor's parent <code>Window</code> to be fronted above all other top-level windows.
+        </description>
+        <class package="org.openide.text" name="Line"/>
+        <class package="org.openide.text" name="EditorSupportLineSet"/>
+        <issue number="47825"/>
+    </change>
+    
+    <change>
+        <api name="winsys"/>
+        <summary>Added the <code>TopComponent</code> ability to bring their parent 
+        <code>Window</code> to front of other windows.</summary>
+        <version major="5" minor="8"/>
+        <date day="21" month="3" year="2005"/>
+        <compatibility addition="yes"/>
+        <description>
+            The <code>TopComponent</code> class has a new method <code>toFront()</code>
+            that attempts to bring the parent <code>Window</code> of the TopComponent to
+            front of other top-level windows.
+            The method is implemented in the <code>WindowManager</code> class
+            using AWT's <code>java.awt.Window#toFront()</code>.
+        </description>
+        <class package="org.openide.windows" name="TopComponent"/>
+        <class package="org.openide.windows" name="WindowManager"/>
+        <issue number="56277"/>
+    </change>
+    
@@ -6490,1 +6525,1 @@ 
-
---
+    
Index: src/org/openide/text/EditorSupportLineSet.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/src/org/openide/text/EditorSupportLineSet.java,v
--- src/org/openide/text/EditorSupportLineSet.java		1.41
+++ src/org/openide/text/EditorSupportLineSet.java	
@@ -81,1 +81,4 @@ 
-                editor.getComponent ().requestActive();
---
+                editor.getComponent().requestActive();
+            } else if (kind == SHOW_TOFRONT) {
+                editor.getComponent().toFront();
+                editor.getComponent().requestActive();
@@ -83,0 +86,1 @@ 
+
Index: src/org/openide/text/Line.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/src/org/openide/text/Line.java,v
--- src/org/openide/text/Line.java		1.30
+++ src/org/openide/text/Line.java	
@@ -81,0 +81,9 @@ 
+    
+    /** Same as SHOW_GOTO except that the Window Manager attempts to front the 
+     * editor window (i.e. make it the top most window).
+     * @see #show(int) <code>show</code>
+     * @see org.openide.windows.TopComponent#toFront()
+     * @since 5.8
+     */
+    public final static int SHOW_TOFRONT     = 3;
+
Index: src/org/openide/windows/TopComponent.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/src/org/openide/windows/TopComponent.java,v
--- src/org/openide/windows/TopComponent.java		1.138
+++ src/org/openide/windows/TopComponent.java	
@@ -556,0 +556,9 @@ 
+    /**
+     * Attempts to bring the parent <code>Window</code> or <code>Frame</code> 
+     * of this <code>TopComponent<code> to front of other windows.
+     * @since 5.8
+     */
+    public void toFront() {
+        WindowManager.getDefault().topComponentToFront(this);
+    }
+    
Index: src/org/openide/windows/WindowManager.java
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RCS file: /cvs/openide/src/org/openide/windows/WindowManager.java,v
--- src/org/openide/windows/WindowManager.java		1.48
+++ src/org/openide/windows/WindowManager.java	
@@ -18,0 +18,1 @@ 
+import java.awt.Frame;
@@ -19,0 +20,1 @@ 
+import java.awt.Window;
@@ -22,0 +24,1 @@ 
+import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
@@ -380,0 +383,20 @@ 
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Attempts to bring the parent <code>Window</code> of the given <code>TopComponent</code>
+     * to front of other windows.
+     * @see java.awt.Window#toFront()
+     * @since 5.8
+     */
+    protected void topComponentToFront(TopComponent tc) {
+        Window parentWindow = SwingUtilities.getWindowAncestor( tc );
+         // be defensive, although w probably will always be non-null here
+         if( null != parentWindow ) {
+            if( parentWindow instanceof Frame ) {
+                Frame parentFrame = (Frame)parentWindow;
+                int state = parentFrame.getExtendedState();
+                if( (state & Frame.ICONIFIED) > 0 )
+                    parentFrame.setExtendedState( state & ~Frame.ICONIFIED );
+            }
+            parentWindow.toFront();
+        }