QDialogs are always on top - why?

Hi,
I have an application employing a QMainWindow object. There is also an object inherited from QDialog. On pressing certain key this dialog pops up in non-modal mode. But anyway it stays always on top, covering the main window, so I have always to move it aside. I tried to set in the constructor it's windowFlags (~Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint) but it didn't help. How to make it going behind if focus is passed to the main window?

If your main window is not the parent of your dialog, you should be able to put the dialog behind the window.

Ok, that's it, thanks.
But I wonder how should I make it if some dialogs have the main window as the parent? (e.g. to pass QKeyEvents up to the parent with event->ignore() )

That's strange, have you tried messing with the various window hints? Try

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setWindowFlags(Qt::CustomizeWindowHint | Qt::Dialog);

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But I wonder how should I make it if some dialogs have the main window as the parent? (e.g. to pass QKeyEvents up to the parent with event->ignore() )

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I haven't had such a case before, but spontaneously I think of: Storing a pointer to your main window in the dialog and then calling QCoreApplication::sendEvent() or QCoreApplication::notify().