WPF TextBox Keep Selection

Programs like Notepad and Notepad++ have this feature where when you want to find words, you bring up the Find menu and enter your query and start searching. The interesting part in this is that when you're searching for the words, the find window
doesn't loose focus and the user can use the 'ENTER' key to keep scrolling through all the words. The end result is that the text is selected and highlighted and still has the focus on the window.
For me, I've got a Find form and I'm trying to do exactly hat Notepad does when it finds words. It shouldn't loose focus on the find window so the user can keep hitting the 'ENTER' key while going through the textbox for words. I can't seem to get this to
work mainly because I'm using Textbox.Select(start, end) and right after that TextBox.Focus. This is the only way I can select Text in the TextBox. To open the Form I make it an owner form through the Main form.
Is it possible to do what Notepad is doing in terms of highlighting the text without loosing the focus on the form without needing to rewrite a Custom TextBox? I don't intend to use a RichTextBox and I'm aware of the IsInactiveSelectionHighlightEnabled.
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I’m afraid that it is not the correct forum about this issue, since this forum is to discuss Windows Forms General. Your issue is related to wpf, and your question would be moved to the wpf forum.
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