Alternative to what Justin and Fredrik said, also consider whether you *need* to delete your window. Odds are you can simply hide/show it, which would save you some hassle and potentially improve startup time on multiple runs.
On 9 December 2015 at 19:44, Fredrik Averpil <[email protected]> wrote: > I second using QObject.deleteLater() and was just about to recommend that > as you can see the "CLOSED" print message. > > Cheers, > Fredrik > > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 7:35 PM Justin Israel <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Don't use the del keyword to clean up your windows. That just deletes >> python objects and can't guarantee it will delete qt objects. Use >> QObject.deleteLater() >> >> If you make sure "self.mainDialog" is parented to "self" then you only >> need to call "self.deleteLater()". Qt will make sure any children of a >> deleted object are also deleted. >> >> You can also achieve this result without needing a custom closeEvent, if >> you set a widget attribute: >> >> self.setAttribute(QtCore.Qt.WA_DeleteOnClose) >> >> This could either be done in your constructor, or outside the class by a >> caller than wants the object it is creating to be deleted when it is >> closed. >> >> On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 7:17 AM Marcus Ottosson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> If you provide something (minimal) that we could run, it would be much >>> easier to help you track down the issue. >>> >>> On 9 December 2015 at 18:45, Ben Hearn <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey Fredrik, >>>> >>>> Yes I see the CLOSED print statement when I close the dialog >>>> >>>> - Ben >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 9 December 2015, Fredrik Averpil < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> When you get that error, do you see the "CLOSED" print message at all? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Fredrik >>>>> >>>>> ons 9 dec 2015 kl. 16:48 skrev Benjam901 <[email protected]>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>> Last week I finally figured out how to successfully stop multiple Qt >>>>>> window classed from being open inside Maya. >>>>>> >>>>>> I checked the window existed and if it did I ignore and pass on the >>>>>> condition. >>>>>> >>>>>> I overrode the close event for my class and when the window was >>>>>> closed the class was deleted. 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