[Qt-interest] QDialog staying on top

[John McClurkin]

Sam Jaeschke wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a main application window, which has a button that launches a 
> secondary QDialog. This dialog box was always on top, even when the main 
> window was focused on. I didn't want this to be always on top, so I 
> removed the main window pointer being passed as the parent to the 
> QDialog constructor (now parentless). This fixed it in Windows, and the 
> main application window can be brought in front of the secondary dialog 
> box when the main window is in focus. However, it behaves differently in 
> Linux - the main window always remains behind the secondary dialog box, 
> even though it is parentless. How do I make the secondary QDialog not 
> always be on top in Linux?
> Using Qt 4.4.0.
> 
> Cheers,
> Sam

This could be a function of your window manager in Linux. I know that 
Gnome and KDE behave differently regarding main and dialog windows.