- 1 year ago
How to hide the Windows taskbar behind a PyQt window?
To hide the Windows taskbar behind a PyQt window, you can use the win32gui
module from the pywin32
package to manipulate the window attributes. Here's an example:
pythonimport sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMainWindow
import win32gui
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
def __init__(self):
super().__init__()
# Hide the Windows taskbar
hwnd = self.winId()
win32gui.SetWindowPos(hwnd, win32gui.HWND_TOPMOST, 0, 0, 0, 0,
win32gui.SWP_NOMOVE | win32gui.SWP_NOSIZE | win32gui.SWP_NOZORDER | win32gui.SWP_HIDEWINDOW)
if __name__ == "__main__":
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
mainWindow = MainWindow()
mainWindow.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())
In the above example, we subclass QMainWindow
to create our main window. Inside the __init__
method, we obtain the window handle (hwnd
) using self.winId()
. Then, we use the win32gui.SetWindowPos
function to adjust the window attributes and hide the taskbar. The win32gui.HWND_TOPMOST
flag ensures that the window remains on top of other windows.
When you run the application, the PyQt window will appear with the Windows taskbar hidden behind it.
Note that you need to have the pywin32
package installed to use the win32gui
module. You can install it using pip install pywin32
.
Please keep in mind that hiding the taskbar is an intrusive modification to the user's system, and it may affect the user experience. Use it cautiously and consider providing an option for the user to revert to the default behavior if desired.