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    Default QDockWidget gets hidden when closing application

    Hello,
    I have a QMainWindow that holds a QDockWidget. On closing the app I want to save the visibility of the dock widget.

    When I close the app via the shortcut Alt + F4 odr via the x-Button in the upper-right corner the visibility of dock widget always is set to false. On the next application start the dock widget is not shown because the QSettings ini-file (where the settings of the app are stored) says "false" to the visibility of the dock widget.

    When I close the application via QCoreApplication::quit() the dock widget seems to stay visible right before the app is closed. On the next application start the dock widget is shown because the ini-file true"false" to the visibility of the dock widget.

    I am running the app solely on Win XP, so I have no idea if this is Windows specific behaviour for QDockWidget.

    I use QDockWidget::isHidden() to ask for the dock widgets visibility when quiting my app and to store the visibility.
    Any idea where this strange behaviour might come from, or how to store a dock widgets visibility?

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    Default Re: QDockWidget gets hidden when closing application

    Try connecting your settings saving slot to the aboutToQuit () signal.
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    Default Re: QDockWidget gets hidden when closing application

    This sadly does not help.
    The dock widget is still hidden "before" the signal aboutToQuit() is emitted .

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    Default Re: QDockWidget gets hidden when closing application

    Override the closeEvent of the mainWindow to save your settings.

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