[PyQt] Skinning the title bar and window border

[pard]

Thanks Devon

I will be looking at an example that Vincent Vande Vyvre suggested. Would
you mind if I contacted you for pointers if I get stuck, since you have some
experience in this?

Pard

On 22 September 2010 18:18, Devon Rueckner <devon.rueckner at temboo.com>wrote:

>
> 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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