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Qt custom window

This note discusses some kind of template for a frameless window in Qt.
likely centered around a frameless window

Brainstorm

naming
frimple? simple frameless
frimple-py

can’t find old notes

chinese blog with great explanation regarding qt frameless windows.
including shadows etc, requires pywin32 and has some bugs.
see repo ⭐150

goal

  • simple FramelessWindow
    • all qt-s
    • pure python
    • no dependencies

  • simple title bar

    • easy to customize
    • presets for default behavior.
      • minimize, maximize, close
      • exit, help button, app icon
      • unreal darkbar
      • blender darkbar
    • no dependencies
    • pure python
    • all qt-s
      any extras should be optional dependencies.
      let dev choose if they want them.
      keep it simple to avoid advanced features such as aero breaking in e.g. Unreal or Blender.

  • frameless window should be moved to sep history

  • sep module for title bar

no default dark theme support for qt titlebar
see this C++ registry hack to set windows dark hints, worth porting to Python?

tool idea