Set frameless widget over the main window

Mr Gisa

I created a custom widget with Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::Tool as flags and I'm moving it using move and show and hide methods to control position and display but I noticed that in linux the widget is not over the main window but under it, how can I set this frameless widget to be over the main window? It works fine on Windows.

mrjj

Hi
Make sure you set its parent and see if
setWindowFlags(Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint);
helps

Mr Gisa

@mrjj I fixed the question, it's not another window. I did what you said and it appears multiple windows on the taskbar and on Linux it highlights the widget as it was another window.

mrjj

@Mr-Gisa
Ah sorry. missed that.
so its inside the mainwindow?
but drawn behind all the other stuff or ?

Mr Gisa

Yes, it's inside the MainWindow, a regular QWidget with a background and a size that I want to move around with move but it's not over the MainWindow on Linux only on Windows.

mrjj

@Mr-Gisa
You can try to call raise() on it
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#raise

Mr Gisa

Never mind, I solved it using: Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::Tool | Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint.

Your hint about Qt::WindowStaysOnTopHint saved the day. Thank you.