Hello,

I just downloaded Qt Creator (using Ubuntu) and so far it seems great. I'd like to make a simple reading assistance application. When turned on, a thin translucent line follows the mouse around the screen. This visual focus increases reading speed.

Basically, I'm wondering how I can get Qt 4.5 to do these things:

- Create a "line" window (no title or system icon) about 300px wide and 6px high that follows mouse around (about 5 px below).
- Have the "line" window be translucent (50%)
- The "line" window doesn't show in "task bar"
- The application has a "tray icon".
- Double-click to bring up a dialog with properties.
- Right click to bring up menu with options.

It's really simple, and I made it in about 2002 with VB. I just switched to Linux and would like to recreate it with Qt or GTK.

Sorry for the windows/vb'isms, but I'd love to learn Qt. Advice on any of the above?

Mike