multiple mainwindows

Good day,

How does one make an app with multiple mainwindows?
For instance an app which has an editor with a mainmenu and toolbars besides it's own mainwindow. These functions are only for mainwindows.

And how does one call such a window modal, so that the user cannot switch to other windows?

Thank you.
Jean.

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Originally Posted by JeanC

How does one make an app with multiple mainwindows?
For instance an app which has an editor with a mainmenu and toolbars besides it's own mainwindow. These functions are only for mainwindows.

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QMainWindow is not limited to one instance.

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And how does one call such a window modal, so that the user cannot switch to other windows?

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See QWidget::windowModality.

Yes I see. Thanks.

I assume it's also possible to have a main QMainWindow class which has other QMainWindow members?

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Originally Posted by jpn

QMainWindow is not limited to one instance.
See QWidget::windowModality.

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Originally Posted by JeanC

I assume it's also possible to have a main QMainWindow class which has other QMainWindow members?

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Yes, you can use QMainWindow like any other QWidget. You could create for example nested dock areas by placing a QMainWindow inside QDockWidget but of course it might not be very intuitive to the end-user. :)

Well I was thinking about a modal editor with a mainmenu but later I realized I haven't seen such a thing ever. :)

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Originally Posted by jpn

Yes, you can use QMainWindow like any other QWidget. You could create for example nested dock areas by placing a QMainWindow inside QDockWidget but of course it might not be very intuitive to the end-user. :)

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