How to make window semi modal

[kaushal_gaurav]

Hi,

Consider the senario....

There is a Push Button showWindow to Display a window on the Screen.
When window is shown the PushButton Lable changes to HideWindow() and when i click on it
the window is hidden again.

Now this means the window need to be nonModal... and i can not call exec().

but now window is gets hidden when i click on the parent (it is not closed just hides under the parent window - which is full screen).

Is there a way to make this window 'always on top' and still it to be non modal?

Please help.............

[kaushal_gaurav]

Is there no solution available....

I just need a window to be always on top and be able to send inputs to parent dialog also.

[wysota]

Set the parent of the child dialog. Children are always on top of their parents, so clicking the parent will not cause it to be raised above the child.

[aamer4yu]

Will setWindowFlags(Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint) help you ?

[kaushal_gaurav]

setWindowFlags(Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint) does not help...By using it the window is not even displayed..

I have already passed the parent in the constructor while creating the widget.

Problem not solved.... Help....

[wysota]

You mean this doesn't work for you?

#include <QtGui>
 
int main(int argc, char **argv){
  QApplication app(argc, argv);
  QTextEdit te;
  QDialog *dlg = new QDialog(&te);
  QVBoxLayout *l = new QVBoxLayout(dlg);
  l->addWidget(new QPushButton);
  te.show();
  // te.showFullScreen(); // works as well
  dlg->show();
  return app.exec();
}

#include <QtGui>

int main(int argc, char **argv){
  QApplication app(argc, argv);
  QTextEdit te;
  QDialog *dlg = new QDialog(&te);
  QVBoxLayout *l = new QVBoxLayout(dlg);
  l->addWidget(new QPushButton);
  te.show();
  // te.showFullScreen(); // works as well
  dlg->show();
  return app.exec();
}

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Do you see the child dialog when you click the parent?

[kaushal_gaurav]

This isn' t the code .
I try to explain... I have a dialog derived from QGraphicsItem and QDialog. It has "Show" button. That button brings up another dialog and the button lable changes to "Hide".
Now i need to close the newly opened dialog to be closed by clicking "Hide" button in parent dialog. Now the problem is, when i click any where on the application the newly opened dialog goes behind - which is not what i want.

void MainDilaog::HandleShowhideButton()
{
   if (m_ChannelsDlg->isVisible())
  {
      m_ChannelsDlg->close();
      showButton.setText(tr("Show"));
   }
   else
  {
      showButton.setText(tr("Hide"));
      m_ChannelsDlg->setWindowFlags(flags);
      m_ChannelsDlg->show();
  }

void MainDilaog::HandleShowhideButton()
{
   if (m_ChannelsDlg->isVisible())
  {
      m_ChannelsDlg->close();
      showButton.setText(tr("Show"));
   }
   else
  {
      showButton.setText(tr("Hide"));
      m_ChannelsDlg->setWindowFlags(flags);
      m_ChannelsDlg->show();
  }

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MainDilaog is derived from QGraphicsItem and QDialog.

GK

[wysota]

Could you prepare a minimal compilable example reproducing the problem?