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I'm using Qt Designer (4.8.1), on multiple monitors. I like to undock some of Designer's widgets/panels (ie, Object Inspector, Widget Box) and put them on one screen, while I have the main design area on another. If I switch to another program that takes up one screen (like my code editor, or QtAssistant), Designer hides its undocked panels. Is there any way to change that? Eg, so I can pull up Assistant over the main Designer window, but still see (Designer's) Object Inspector.

I could probably get used to it, but I'd rather fix it. More importantly, if this is standard Qt behavior, I'll need to know how to correct/change it in my own programs (I haven't used dockWidgets yet, but I plan to).

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It was a KDE setting.

In KDE4, it can be found in the Settings menu under Window Behavior-> Window Behavior-> Advanced - the setting is called Hide utility windows for inactive applications. See also Qt::Tool window diasappears when application become inactive

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  • It's better to answer like you did, especially since both question and asnwer was well formulated. Welcome to SO! – Macke May 07 '13 at 06:25
  • @Macke Thanks, hopefully it's useful to someone. (I did try searchng of course, so even if it's not a common question, maybe this will make the next guy's search shorter.) And thanks - long-time reader, recently started posting. – hunter2 May 07 '13 at 06:31