Re: [python-win32] keep tkinter window always on top
Does anyone know how to keep a tkinter window always on top, despite attempts to focus other windows? Here is my failed attempt. I've tried both tkinter-only and win32-specific solutions. For this code, the window does stay in front of the dos box it's launched from if I try to focus the dos box, but that's the only one it stays in front of. Thanks, Benjamin Try something like: import win32gui win32gui.SetWindowPos(hWnd, win32con.HWND_TOPMOST, 0,0,0,0, win32con.SWP_NOMOVE | win32con.SWP_NOSIZE) Mark ___ Python-win32 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] keep tkinter window always on top
Mark Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know how to keep a tkinter window always on top, despite attempts to focus other windows? Here is my failed attempt. I've tried both tkinter-only and win32-specific solutions. For this code, the window does stay in front of the dos box it's launched from if I try to focus the dos box, but that's the only one it stays in front of. Thanks, Benjamin Try something like: import win32gui win32gui.SetWindowPos(hWnd, win32con.HWND_TOPMOST, 0,0,0,0, win32con.SWP_NOMOVE | win32con.SWP_NOSIZE) Argh, it turns out that I needed to do hwnd = int(eval(root.wm_frame())) not hwnd = root.winfo_id() So much for trusting the first code for tkinter root window-window handle I come across on the net. :) Thanks, it almost works now. Just one last problem, while it is always on top, it doesn't always have the input focus. Any recipes for that? That is, I want it to steal the focus if it doesn't have it. Thanks, -- Benjamin Rutt ___ Python-win32 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
Re: [python-win32] keep tkinter window always on top
Mark Hammond [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyone know how to keep a tkinter window always on top, despite attempts to focus other windows? Here is my failed attempt. I've tried both tkinter-only and win32-specific solutions. For this code, the window does stay in front of the dos box it's launched from if I try to focus the dos box, but that's the only one it stays in front of. Thanks, Benjamin Try something like: import win32gui win32gui.SetWindowPos(hWnd, win32con.HWND_TOPMOST, 0,0,0,0, win32con.SWP_NOMOVE | win32con.SWP_NOSIZE) Hmm, that didn't work either. Below is the full program I used. Do you think the fact that it's being run from a tkinter callback is why it isn't working? Like maybe tkinter is stealing/inhibiting these Windows API calls while it's running the callbacks? Running WinXP SP2, python 2.4.1, win32all build 204 here. #!/usr/bin/env python from Tkinter import * import win32ui, win32con, win32gui root = None reps = 0 def show(): hwnd = root.winfo_id() win32gui.SetWindowPos(hwnd, win32con.HWND_TOPMOST, 0,0,0,0, win32con.SWP_NOMOVE | win32con.SWP_NOSIZE) def reshow(): global reps reps += 1 print 'reshow(%d)' % (reps) show() if reps 100: root.after(100, reshow) else: root.destroy() root = Tk() root.config(width=400, height=400) show() root.after(100, reshow) root.mainloop() ___ Python-win32 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
