[Interest] Qt Widgets on Windows: set parent window, but NOT on top?

[Sérgio Martins]

On 2020-11-24 00:44, David M. Cotter wrote:
> i have a main window with the menu bar
> 
> then a secondary, separate window.
> 
> since i want both windows to come to front when the user switches into
> it, and i also want the key shortcuts from the menubar to function in
> the second window, i set the parent of the 2nd window to the main
> window. doing so fixes both problems.
> 
> however, when i do that, the 2nd window is ALWAYS on top of the main
> window, which i do not want
> 
> the "always on top" flag of the 2nd window is NOT set.
> 
> how do i fix this?


The shortcut behaviour comes QWidget::parentWidget(), while the "keep on 
top" comes from QWindow::transientParent().

Since you only want the former, try setting a null transient parent: 
secondWindow->windowHandle()->setTransientParent(nullptr);

And let's hope it doesn't unset the parentWidget




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