- 1 year ago
How to programmatically raise a Qt Window/Widget when not the active application (windows)?
In Windows, if you want to programmatically raise a Qt window or widget when it's not the active application, you can use the setWindowFlags
and show
methods to achieve this behavior. Here's an example:
pythonfrom PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QWidget
# Create the application and widget
app = QApplication([])
widget = QWidget()
# Set the window flags to override the default behavior
widget.setWindowFlags(widget.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
# Show the widget
widget.show()
# Raise the window
widget.raise_()
# Run the application event loop
app.exec_()
In the above code, we create a QApplication
and a QWidget
. We then use the setWindowFlags
method to set the WindowStaysOnTopHint
flag, which keeps the window on top of other windows. Next, we call show
to display the widget and raise_
to bring it to the foreground. Finally, we start the application event loop with app.exec_()
.
By setting the WindowStaysOnTopHint
flag, the widget will remain on top of other windows, even if it's not the active application. This behavior allows you to programmatically raise the widget to the front whenever desired.
Note that this approach works specifically for the Windows platform. If you want cross-platform behavior, you may need to adjust the code accordingly.