Creating a banner+message overlay on bottom of window

RaisinBread22

My application consists of multiple windows which I was able to achieve through the use of QStackedWidget. I want to display important messages via a red banner that can appear/dissappear at the bottom of the window, which persists across all QStackedWidget windows. How would I go about doing this? I've created a rough illustration of what I want:

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Ratzz

@RaisinBread22
You can make use of http://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.8/qstatusbar.html#details.

Edit: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qstatusbar.html#details

SGaist

@Ratzz please use the latest documentation links. Qt 4 has already reached end of life for some times now.

Ratzz

@SGaist

Hi,
Edited the post. I have not noticed its of Qt 4 :)