QWindowsContext::windowsProc: No Qt Window found for event

Dagginio

Hello,

I built an Qt for Python application. Unfortunately I have quite a lot of warnings (see below) during execution:

QWindowsContext::windowsProc: No Qt Window found for event 0x1c (WM_ACTIVATEAPP), hwnd=0x0x90e72.
QWindowsContext::windowsProc: No Qt Window found for event 0x46 (WM_WINDOWPOSCHANGING), hwnd=0x0x90e72.
QWindowsContext::windowsProc: No Qt Window found for event 0x83 (WM_NCCALCSIZE), hwnd=0x0x90e72.

Does anyone has an idea what could cause this warnings. I can not really give an example, since the application is too huge and do not know what to show.
Sometime, when we open a popup window, the application is sent to the back, so is not visible anymore. It is basically minimized. Is it possible that there is a correlation to the warnings?
Sometimes the app also does not start. Just loading for a few seconds and it is closed again. Very strange behavior.

We are using python 3.7 and pyside2 5.12.1. However, the warnings also occur with python 3.6 and older qt versions.

As I said, would be great, if I could get some hints on what might cause such warnings and the problems?

Thanks
Daniel

mrjj

Hi
Searching for bugs i found
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-26933
should be fixed.
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-32588
which seems to be related to QDesktopWidget

So not sure what else would cause such warning.

Seems to be related to child windows.

where does these warning show ?

Dagginio

@mrjj
Thanks for your fast reply. I start the application from console and they are prompted there.
Yes, I think it is realted to child windows. New warnings are added when I switch to another application (any program) and go back to my program, or when I open a popup and switch back to the main window.

I did not use the Class QDesktopWidget. So no clue

mrjj

@Dagginio
Did you use nativeEvent filter or anything like that ?

Dagginio

@mrjj
No, no event filter. I use a splash screen (app logo with a progress bar) during startup while the application load some data. This splash screen is not my main window of course. After disabling the splash screen, the warnings disappear. Any idea on that? I could imagine that it has something to do with window modality.

However, the problem that the application is send to background remains. For instance, when executing a message box, the main window is sent to background. Really strange. I thought there might be a link to the warnings but obviously there is not. But I think this is new and came with the last qt update. Will downgrade to 5.11.x to see if the behavior is there the same.

SGaist

Hi,

Can you show how you handle your splash screen ?

Dagginio

@SGaist

from PySide2 import QtWidgets, QtCore

class WidgetInitLoading(QtWidgets.QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()

        self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.SplashScreen)
        self.setFixedWidth(400)
        self.setFixedHeight(400)

        self.setStyleSheet("WidgetInitLoading {"
                           "background-color: white;}")

        self.setWindowModality(QtCore.Qt.ApplicationModal)

class WidgetWithLogoAndProgressBar(WidgetInitLoading):
    def __init__(self, app):
        super().__init__()
        self.verticalLayout = self.createVerticalLayout()
        self.verticalLayout.setContentsMargins(20,20,20,20)
        self.setLayout(self.verticalLayout)

        self.verticalLayout.addSpacing(20)
        self.labelWithPixmap = self.createLabelWithPixmap()
        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.labelWithPixmap)

        spacer = SpacerItem(None, None)
        self.verticalLayout.addSpacerItem(spacer)

        self.statusLabel = self.createStatusLabel()
        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.statusLabel)

        self.progressBar = self.createProgressBar()
        self.verticalLayout.addWidget(self.progressBar)
        spacer = SpacerItem(None, None)
        self.verticalLayout.addSpacerItem(spacer)

        app.processEvents()


    def createVerticalLayout(self):
        verticalLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
        return verticalLayout

    def createLabelWithPixmap(self):
        labelWithPixmap = LabelWithPixmap(None, None, None, ":/logoLoading.png")
        return labelWithPixmap

    def createStatusLabel(self):
        label = QtWidgets.QLabel()
        label.setAlignment(QtCore.Qt.AlignCenter)
        return label

    def createProgressBar(self):
        progressBar = ProgressBar()
        return progressBar

Just downgraded to PySide2 5.11.2. There I do not have the problem that the app is send to the back. However, the warnings are back, also with disabled splash screen.

Daniel

Dagginio

Actually the warnings are not nice but also not that big problem if everything seems work fine. However, that the app is sent to the back for instance by executing a message box is really a problem. This is only on 5.12.1/0, not on 5.11.x. Thus it seems to be a bug.

Daniel

SGaist

Looks like there's some kind regression indeed.

Out of curiosity, why not use QSplashScreen ?

Dagginio

I testet now PyQt5 (5.12.1) instead of PySide2 (5.12.1). Also with PyQt5, the app is sent sometimes to the back. This was not the case for Qt 5.11.x. Is it possible, that this a Qt bug?

SGaist

Since both have the same behavior, that's likely the case.

You should take a look at the bug report system to see if it's something known. If not, please open a new report providing a minimal complete example project.