Shoutbox

There nothing odd about it though...

Making a form modeless doesn't mean it is activated. In fact it is not and that's very normal. Activating a form and making a form modeless or modal are two different things... A form (aka dialog) can even be at the foreground but not activated.

All these window states are independant and must be set seperatly and shouldn't be taken as "granted" (although some states automatically activate another by default, eg: making a form modal will also activate it and make it the foreground window).