Forums Bug Reports "Always highlight" bug with maximized windows

When the Always Highlight setting in mIRC Options -> Display is disabled mIRC is supposed to only highlight windows if it thinks they are not "visible". It appears this check is rather primitive though, because if one window is covering another then the covered window will not get highlighted. When MDI windows are maximised highlighting seems inconsistent: it appears minimized windows are always highlighted properly while results vary for windows in a "normal" state.

Steps to reproduce on a clean install (6.35/7.08):
1) Disable "Always highlight" in mIRC Options -> Display
2) Connect to an IRC server and maximize the status window
3) Type //query $me test
4) Switch back to the status window by clicking its switchbar button
5) Type //msg $me test

The second message will be received but the switchbar/treebar entries for the query window will not be highlighted.

Thanks, I was able to reproduce this. This issue affects the beep, flash, hilite, and line marker features, all of which use the same logic. I can change the logic so that if a window is behind a maximized window then it will be treated as a hidden window and will trigger the above features. Does that sound right?