PyQt5 can be used to create desktop applications in Python. It lets you build a graphical user interface (GUI) for your Python program.

In a desktop, not all windows are the same. Some windows can not be maximized (like a popup). Some windows only exist in full screen mode (games). A PyQt window can be configured using window flags. After ‘configuration’, it will create another type of window.

Related course: Create PyQt Desktop Appications with Python (GUI)

pyqt window flags

Some windows don’t have a close window button [x], others windows don’t have a title bar and so on. All kind of windows are possible on a desktop operating system.

If you use the Chrome web browser, you may see a different type of title bar, custom from other desktop apps on your computer.

method override

You would set a windows flags using this method:

window.setWindowFlags(flags)
where flags is defined as
flags = Qt.WindowFlags()

PyQt window flags

PyQt has these window flags:

  • Qt.MSWindowsFixedSizeDialogHint
  • Qt.X11BypassWindowManagerHint
  • Qt.FramelessWindowHint
  • Qt.WindowTitleHint
  • Qt.WindowSystemMenuHint
  • Qt.WindowMinimizeButtonHint
  • Qt.WindowMaximizeButtonHint
  • Qt.WindowCloseButtonHint
  • Qt.WindowContextHelpButtonHint
  • Qt.WindowShadeButtonHint
  • Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint
  • Qt.WindowStaysOnBottomHint
  • Qt.CustomizeWindowHint

Windows

These can be applied to windows.
PyQt has not just one, but many types of windows:

  • Qt.Window
  • Qt.Dialog
  • Qt.Sheet
  • Qt.Drawer
  • Qt.Popup
  • Qt.Tool
  • Qt.ToolTip
  • Qt.SplashScreen

If you are new to Python PyQt, then I highly recommend this book.

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