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Sebtm
Sebtm

Reputation: 7164

Create a desktop widget (like Yahoo Widgets or Google Gadgets) with Qt 4

How do I create with Qt 4 a window that remains anchored to the desktop as a widget ? (e.g. like Yahoo Widgets or Google Gadgets).

I intend to give the same characteristics of a widget to a normal window:

  1. Remove the edges (easy to do)
  2. The window must not move (how ?)
  3. Must be displayed only when other windows are minimized (how ?)

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3189

Answers (2)

Troubadour
Troubadour

Reputation: 13431

I don't think Qt provides anything specific to do this. You will need to create and manage your own window but you can use QDesktopWidget to help.

Upvotes: 0

I am no longer proud of SO
I am no longer proud of SO

Reputation: 2158

I think setting these flags will do what you are looking for:

setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint | Qt::WindowStaysOnBottomHint);
  1. Remove the edges ---> Qt::FramelessWindowHint will remove the edges
  2. The window must not move ---> (AFAIK) you can't move window when Qt::FramelessWindowHint flag is set
  3. Must be displayed only when other windows are minimized ---> Qt::WindowStaysOnBottomHint will keep the application window below all other windows

Upvotes: 6

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