[PyQt] Skinning the title bar and window border

[Devon Rueckner]

Hi -

We had the same requirement.  Our solution was to use a frameless window (FramelessWindowHint) and implement our own chrome with event handling for title-bar moving, edge resizing, etc.

Regards
~ Devon


> -----Original Message-----
> From: pyqt-bounces at riverbankcomputing.com [mailto:pyqt-
> bounces at riverbankcomputing.com] On Behalf Of pard
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 6:48 AM
> To: Hans-Peter Jansen
> Cc: pyqt at riverbankcomputing.com
> Subject: Re: [PyQt] Skinning the title bar and window border
> 
> Hi Pete
> 
> I understand why it is not popular. However, this is a requirement for
> work purposes.
> I had created a working program using wxpython for the gui, but the
> client required a specific colour scheme, fonts, etc. I found that
> wxpython was very restrictive when it comes to theming.
> 
> PyQt uses stylesheets which make it much simpler to theme an
> application. The only outstanding requirement is that the frame must be
> the same theme as the application.
> Marketing is quite adamant about this.
> 
> I also understand that it would be better to start with the basics,
> however, the deadline is also tight. If there are any resources which
> would give pointers as to how to reconstruct the work of window
> managers for my app it would be much appreciated.
> 
> Pard
> 
> 
> On 22 September 2010 12:32, Hans-Peter Jansen <hpj at urpla.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	On Wednesday 22 September 2010, 11:36:41 pard wrote:
> 	> Hi David
> 	>
> 	> Thanks for your response. Do you have any resources that would
> show how
> 	> to do this? Tutorials, examples, etc.
> 	> I do need to change the style of the window frame.
> 
> 
> 	Doing that is not so popular, as it usually confuses your users
> more than it
> 	is buying you. There's a reason, why all graphical operating
> systems
> 	(including Windows, although their application developers usually
> doesn't
> 	care a whit) try to provide an consistent user interface.
> 
> 
> 	> I am new to pyqt.
> 
> 
> 	Hmm, do you enter cars, when they move at 100 mph? If yes, how?
> 
> 	Seriously, start with the basics. If you master them, nothing
> will stop you
> 	to reconstruct the work of window managers for you own
> application.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 	Pete
> 
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