Stay window on the top with PySide

Question

I have got an app which is written in Pyside. I would like to use a checkbox to my app window show always on the top.

class RemoteWindow(QtGui.QMainWindow):
"""
This is the main window for the capacitiveRemote which contains the remote
itself for controlling the boxes and shortcuts to starting scripts.
"""
def __init__(self):
    super(RemoteWindow, self).__init__()
    self.initUI()

This is my function

def stayOnTop(self):
    if self.checkBoxTop:
        self.checkBoxTop.setStyleSheet("color: green")
        self.QMainWindow.setWindowFlags(QMainWindow.windowFlags() | QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)

This is the checkbox

#Stay on the top Checkboxes 

        self.checkBoxTop = QtGui.QCheckBox('Stay on top', self)
        self.checkBoxTop.setMaximumWidth(90)
        self.checkBoxTop.setChecked(0)
        self.checkBoxTop.clicked.connect(
            lambda: self.stayOnTop(),
        )

Any help would be appreciated.

check out [PyQt4 : How can i toggle the “Stay On Top” behavior?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4850584/1248974), ignore "PyQt4" keyword as the code also works in PySide — chickity china chinese chicken, Dec 10 '16 at 00:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '16 at 16:30

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 def stayOntop(self):

    if self.checkBoxTop:
        self.checkBoxTop.setStyleSheet("color: green")
        self.setWindowFlags(self.windowFlags() ^ QtCore.Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
        self.show()

    else: 
        self.checkBoxTop.setStyleSheet("color: black")

answered Dec 12 '16 at 16:30

pylearner

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`self.setWindowFlag(Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)` looks easier. – bers Sep 14 '22 at 09:13

Stay window on the top with PySide

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