Qt: How to give focus to a modeless QDialog created from the main window when the main window is blocked by a modal QDialog

Question

In my Qt Application I'm facing the following scenario: When a specific event is raised I show a modeless QDialog which asks the user for a confirmation. The Dialog is showed using show() function from a QMainWindow. Anytime the event is raised and no other modal QDialog are shown, the user is able to click the confirmation button. Unfortunately if a modal QDialog is visible when the event is raised, the modeless QDialog is unaccessible. This means that the user cannot click the confirmation button. The following code is a simplified version that causes the same problem In this example the QMainWindow contains a button, when the button is clicked a modal QDialog is shown using the exec() function in the meanwhile a QTimer has been started. Anytime I close the modal QDialog before the QTimer is elapsed the modeless dialog is accesible. If I wait until the modeless dialog is shown without closing the modal one, the modeless dialog is inaccessible (I need to close the modal one first).

MainWindows code:

#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
    QMainWindow(parent),
    ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
    m_pModeless = new DialogModal(this);
    connect(&m_qTimer,SIGNAL(timeout()),this,SLOT(TimerElapsed()));

}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
    delete m_pModeless;
    delete ui;
} 

void MainWindow::TimerElapsed()
{
    m_qTimer.stop();
    m_pModeless->show();
    m_pModeless->activateWindow();
    m_pModeless->raise();
    m_pModeless->setFocus();
}

void MainWindow::on_pbStartTest_clicked()
{
    m_qTimer.start(10000);
    DialogModal d(this);
    d.exec();
}

MainWindow Header:

#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QTimer>
#include "dialogmodal.h"

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~MainWindow();
    QTimer m_qTimer;
    DialogModal *m_pModeless;
private:
    Ui::MainWindow *ui;
private slots:
    void TimerElapsed();
    void on_pbStartTest_clicked();
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H

DialogModal Header:

#ifndef DIALOGMODAL_H
#define DIALOGMODAL_H

#include <QDialog>

namespace Ui {
class DialogModal;
}

class DialogModal : public QDialog
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit DialogModal(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~DialogModal();

private slots:
    void on_pbExit_clicked();

private:
    Ui::DialogModal *ui;
};

#endif // DIALOGMODAL_H

DialogModal source:

#include "dialogmodal.h"
#include "ui_dialogmodal.h"

DialogModal::DialogModal(QWidget *parent) :
    QDialog(parent),
    ui(new Ui::DialogModal)
{
    ui->setupUi(this);
}

DialogModal::~DialogModal()
{
    delete ui;
}

void DialogModal::on_pbExit_clicked()
{
    close();
}

Is there anyway to give focus to the modeless dialog even when one or more modal dialog are present?

Answer 1

I found a working solution:

void MainWindow::TimerElapsed()
{
    QWidget *pwidget=NULL;
    m_qTimer.stop();
    foreach(pwidget,QApplication::topLevelWidgets())
    {
        if ((pwidget->isWindow())&&(pwidget->isModal()))
        {
            m_pModeless->setParent(pwidget);
        }
    }
    if (pwidget==NULL)
    {
        m_pModeless->setParent(this);
    }
    m_pModeless->show();
    m_pModeless->activateWindow();
    m_pModeless->raise();
    m_pModeless->setFocus();
}