How to perform .Max() on a property of all objects in a collection and return the object with maximum value [duplicate]

Answer 1

Based on Cameron's initial answer, here is what I've just added at my enhanced version of SilverFlow library's FloatingWindowHost (copying from FloatingWindowHost.cs at http://clipflair.codeplex.com source code)

    public int MaxZIndex
    {
      get {
        return FloatingWindows.Aggregate(-1, (maxZIndex, window) => {
          int w = Canvas.GetZIndex(window);
          return (w > maxZIndex) ? w : maxZIndex;
        });
      }
    }

    private void SetTopmost(UIElement element)
    {
        if (element == null)
            throw new ArgumentNullException("element");

        Canvas.SetZIndex(element, MaxZIndex + 1);
    }

Worth noting regarding the code above that Canvas.ZIndex is an attached property available for UIElements in various containers, not just used when being hosted in a Canvas (see Controlling rendering order (ZOrder) in Silverlight without using the Canvas control). Guess one could even make a SetTopmost and SetBottomMost static extension method for UIElement easily by adapting this code.