From ec63f5fbf3927b184f234f95c6003fe8496d8b9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shawn Rutledge <shawn.rutledge@digia.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2014 14:00:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: WindowType is important for dialogs to center
themselves
Task-number: QTBUG-41844
Task-number: QTBUG-36185
Change-Id: I61605006048e81d2666eea34f4d041124a24199f
Reviewed-by: Laszlo Agocs <laszlo.agocs@digia.com>
---
src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp
index b0fbbc15701..99bf469f871 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp
@@ -1122,6 +1122,10 @@ Qt::WindowState QWindow::windowState() const
This is a hint to the window manager that this window is a dialog or pop-up
on behalf of the given window.
+ In order to cause the window to be centered above its transient parent by
+ default, depending on the window manager, it may also be necessary to call
+ setFlags() with a suitable \l Qt::WindowType (such as \c Qt::Dialog).
+
\sa transientParent(), parent()
*/
void QWindow::setTransientParent(QWindow *parent)
--
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