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| author | Volker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@qt.io> | 2021-09-03 11:33:09 +0200 |
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| committer | Volker Hilsheimer <volker.hilsheimer@qt.io> | 2021-09-03 21:35:06 +0200 |
| commit | 2c6de9c099f6a5c3f76cbb149177b6f1281bcd07 (patch) | |
| tree | 8660f06a2653bed65913752f05aa2eb5964c72ae /src/gui | |
| parent | 4107609c4e9c5e288205b9a64ab19b386038892e (diff) | |
Doc: add note that hiding a window doesn't close a full screen space
Fixes: QTBUG-52450
Pick-to: 6.2 5.15
Change-Id: I3f819bac470b5a883a74fb58f6fa2d27740eaaf2
Reviewed-by: Tor Arne Vestbø <tor.arne.vestbo@qt.io>
Diffstat (limited to 'src/gui')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp index 845627756e..51f1984842 100644 --- a/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp +++ b/src/gui/kernel/qwindow.cpp @@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ QWindow::SurfaceType QWindow::surfaceType() const By default, the window is not visible, you must call setVisible(true), or show() or similar to make it visible. + \note Hiding a window does not remove the window from the windowing system, + it only hides it. On windowing systems that give full screen applications a + dedicated desktop (such as macOS), hiding a full screen window will not remove + that desktop, but leave it blank. Another window from the same application + might be shown full screen, and will fill that desktop. Use QWindow::close to + completely remove a window from the windowing system. + \sa show() */ void QWindow::setVisible(bool visible) |