[PyQt] Stick a frameless window to the desktop

[Bhuvan Krishna]

David thanks for the reply. I am trying to create this widget set for 
cross platform usage. Right now I am looking on gnome 3 and windows 7. I 
guess in that case I need to look at the windowing system of both the 
systems.

Regards,
Bhuvan

On Monday 14 May 2012 03:18 AM, David Boddie wrote:
> On Sat, 12 May 2012 20:03:43 +0530, Bhuvan Krishna wrote:
>
>> Hope you all know how google desktop used to stick to the desktop. even
>> when the user opens a new window the window will resize itself keeping
>> the google desktop on the right intact not going behind the newly opened
>> window. I am working on a similar right widget bar. I achieved
>> frame-less window ( which was easy) but I don't know how to stick the
>> window onto the desktop and let the other windows that open resize
>> according to this window. the width of this window is 300 pixels and it
>> will take the complete height of the desktop. I also used
>> "TranslucentBackground" which gave me nice transparency but the edges
>> don't fill. I am giving a link to the image file of the window.
> I think the functionality you want is provided by the window system, not Qt.
> It sounds like you want to create something with the properties of a panel or
> dock, even if it will be used for a different purpose.
>
> KDE, for example, used to expose this aspect of window management via its
> API. If you are using only X11 platforms, you might also be able to use a
> Python wrapper around Xlib to give your widget the correct properties.
>
> David
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