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How to bring a program to the front using python

I would like to force my python application to the front if a condition occurs. I am using Kubuntu and QT3.1

I tried setActiveWindow () but it only blinks the taskbar in KDE.

I think Windows has bringwindowtofront () function for VB.

Is there something similar for KDE?

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Check if KWin is configured to prevent focus theft.



There can't be anything wrong with your code - but we Linux don't like apps that listen to us when we're running, so focus stealing is confusing and difficult under some window managers.

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Have you tried using these 3 (in that order) in your window and not just setActiveWindow

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show()
raise() # this might be raiseW() in Python
setActiveWindow()
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It works!

show()
raiseW()
setActiveWindow() #in that sequence

plus a change in the KWin configuration to prevent focus prevention.

Thanks for the help.

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