> Sent: Wednesday, 25 July 2012 1:35 AM > > Hi, I am tasked in creating desktop widgets (aka desklets, stuff like system > monitors, clocks, etc) in Qt, the target platform is Windows. > > So far I managed to create a frameless window which stays on bottom and > isn't shown on taskbar by following window flags: > Qt::SubWindow | Qt::FramelessWindowHint | > Qt::WindowStaysOnBottomHint > > However no matter what I tried, I didn't manage to keep the desklets shown > when user presses the Windows "show desktop" icon. Does anybody know a > way? > > The desklet class is a subclass of QWidget, using QDesktopWidget doesn't > help the situation at all (and from docs it's clear it is for different > purpose). > I tried intercepting events which make the desklet hide, but it seems this is > a > special case not handled by any event... I tried all prospective window flags, > even those more crazy in the aspect. But all to no avail...
They are called gadgets on Windows. From a quick read, I doubt Qt is any use: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb456468%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Regards, Tony _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
