[Qt-interest] Force a Top Level Window to NOT Show on Taskbar?

Josiah Bryan jbryan at productiveconcepts.com
Mon Nov 2 16:21:08 CET 2009


Wow - that was quick! Thanks, Raja. Qt::Tool didn't work, but it lead me 
to Qt::ToolTip - which did work! Thanks again!

-josiah

Raja Rokkam wrote:
> setWindowFlags( Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint );
> 
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Josiah Bryan 
> <jbryan at productiveconcepts.com <mailto:jbryan at productiveconcepts.com>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Hello, All -
> 
>     I've got a main window for my app that opens up a full-screen video
>     output on the second monitor. This full screen output is a second
>     top-level QWidget and I just set the geometry correctly, and turn off
>     the border with setWindowFlags(Qt::FramelessWindowHint).
> 
>     That's all well and good, but this full screen widget still shows on my
>     taskbar - not really useful and just clutters the taskbar. It's
>     automatically opened when my main window is opened, and closed when the
>     main window closes - so I dont want it on the taskbar at all. How do I
>     stop it from showing on the taskbar? (Or, at least hint to the window
>     system or Windows that it shouldn't appear.)
> 
>     I've read every Window Flag in the Qt Documentation and none seem to
>     hint at what I want. Of course, I'm sure I could have missed something.
> 
>     Any hints?
> 
>     -josiah
> 
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