Clicking Qt SoftwareInputPanel should restore focus to Target Dialog/Widget

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I've created a Qt software input panel (SIP) following the example here and it works very well. Unfortunately clicking the SIP does not restore focus to either widget when both dialogs lose focus. To summarize, when I:

  1. click outside the SIP and target dialog/window, understandably, both widgets lose focus (even although both are configured to be on top of other dialogs)
  2. subsequently click on the SIP neither widget gains focus.

We find this behaviour a bit odd and suspect so will our users. Is there a way to restore focus to the target dialog by clicking on the SIP, when both widgets lose focus?

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1 Answers

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Solved. Use QApplication::setActiveWindow() like so:

void KeyboardPanel::buttonClicked( QWidget *widget )
{   
    if( m_lostFocus )
    {
        QWidget* parentWidget = m_lastFocusedWidget->parentWidget();
        if( parentWidget ) QApplication::setActiveWindow( parentWidget );
    }
}