Python guidata windows modality?

Question

I am using python guidata ( https://code.google.com/p/guidata/ ) package to get user inputs. The problem is the gui window does not come on top. It stays hidden under other windows. I think there should be some windows modality argument that I can pass. I just cant find them. Not sure if it is relevant, but I am not running the python script directly, what i am running is basically a bat file which runs

python.exe myscript.py

I would like to have the window come on top (preferable) or the window to be modal ( next best solution )

Added Later : to give a sample code I am just pasting an example from the guidata website. My code is more or less similar

import guidata
_app = guidata.qapplication() # not required if a QApplication has already been created

import guidata.dataset.datatypes as dt
import guidata.dataset.dataitems as di

class Processing(dt.DataSet):
    """Example"""
    a = di.FloatItem("Parameter #1", default=2.3)
    b = di.IntItem("Parameter #2", min=0, max=10, default=5)
    type = di.ChoiceItem("Processing algorithm",
                         ("type 1", "type 2", "type 3"))

param = Processing()
param.edit()

The line param.edit() displays the gui but just not on the top

I've never used the library but very very worst case scenario you could use the win32api to lift the window. — Wayne Werner, Feb 26 '15 at 13:10
Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6087887/bring-window-to-front-raise-show-activatewindow-don-t-work — ivan_pozdeev, Feb 26 '15 at 13:22
possible duplicate of [How to make a PyQT4 window jump to the front?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12118939/how-to-make-a-pyqt4-window-jump-to-the-front) — ivan_pozdeev, Feb 26 '15 at 13:23
I am not using pyqt directly. All pyqt parts should preferably be transparently handled by guidata without me kwowing about it. — Abhijit Ray, Feb 26 '15 at 13:26
@AbhijitRay. If you "don't want to know about it" your question is off-topic for SO, which is concerned with solving programming problems, rather than issues with third-party software. Please therefore direct your queries to the [guidata discussion group](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/guidata_guiqwt). — ekhumoro, Feb 26 '15 at 18:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

From the docs and this answer

from guidata.qt.QtGui import QMainWindow, QSplitter
# snip a lot of code
class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        QMainWindow.__init__(self)
# more snipping

if __name__ == '__main__':
    from guidata.qt.QtGui import QApplication
    import sys
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
    window = MainWindow()
    window.show()
    # these two lines presumably will bring the window to the front
    window.setWindowState(window.windowState() & ~QtCore.Qt.WindowMinimized | QtCore.Qt.WindowActive)

    # this will activate the window
    window.activateWindow()
    sys.exit(app.exec_())

I'm not sure if those extra lines will be needed - I'm unfamiliar with PyQT, but it looks like that should do what you want.

Python guidata windows modality?

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