I want my PyQt5 program to be frameless and always be on top of the screen. When I use the WindowStayOnTopHint it works fine, but when I use it with the FramelessWindowHint it becomes frameless, but does not stay on top of the screen. After doing some research I found this, and it said to try to use setMask, but I could not get it to work.
Here is my code:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel
class Invisible(QLabel):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
super().__init__(**kwargs)
self.__press_pos = None
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.setWindowFlags(Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint)
self.setMask() #This is where I use the setMask function, but it raises an error
self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground)
self.setText("Drag me...")
self.setFont(QFont("Times", 50, QFont.Bold))
self.adjustSize()
self.move(QApplication.instance().desktop().screen().rect().center()
- self.rect().center())
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
self.__press_pos = event.pos()
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
self.__press_pos = None
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
if self.__press_pos:
self.move(self.pos() + (event.pos() - self.__press_pos))
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = Invisible()
w.show()
return app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(main())
This code gives me the error:
TypeError: arguments did not match any overloaded call:
setMask(self, QBitmap): not enough arguments
setMask(self, QRegion): not enough arguments
It is asking for more arguments, but when I give it more arguments it says that there are too many arguments. How do I fix this?
The problem in your case is that you must activate both properties with the operator |
self.setWindowFlags(Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint | Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
Complete code:
import sys
from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt, QPoint
from PyQt5.QtGui import QFont
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel, QStyle
class Invisible(QLabel):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.__press_pos = QPoint()
self.initUI()
def initUI(self):
self.setWindowFlags(Qt.WindowStaysOnTopHint | Qt.FramelessWindowHint)
self.setAttribute(Qt.WA_TranslucentBackground)
self.setText("Drag me...")
self.setFont(QFont("Times", 50, QFont.Bold))
self.adjustSize()
self.setGeometry(
QStyle.alignedRect(
Qt.LeftToRight,
Qt.AlignCenter,
self.size(),
QApplication.instance().desktop().availableGeometry()
)
)
def mousePressEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
self.__press_pos = event.pos()
def mouseReleaseEvent(self, event):
if event.button() == Qt.LeftButton:
self.__press_pos = QPoint()
def mouseMoveEvent(self, event):
if not self.__press_pos.isNull():
self.move(self.pos() + (event.pos() - self.__press_pos))
def main():
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = Invisible()
w.show()
return app.exec_()
if __name__ == '__main__':
sys.exit(main())
setMask()
serves to give a different border to the widget, for example for an example I got the following: