How to minimize a window to the taskbar

[mooreaa]

Hello,

I am working on an application that has a console window for debugging. I want a mechanism to minimize the console window on statup to the taskbar.

In the past when i did this without QT, I would do something like:
HWND hwnd = GetConsoleWindow();
ShowWindow(hwnd, 0);

What is the best way to do this?

[wladek]

Hi mooreaa,

Are you using a QApplication or just a QCoreApplication to run your app?
If you are using the first one, then, when creating the main window of the application (QWidget::isWindow) we can show it minimized by using QWidget::showMinimized.

If you are not using any UI and only QCoreApplication,...then I do not have the answer for you.

Regards,
wladek

[mooreaa]

I'm running a QApplication with a console. Ideally I would like to show/hide the console window via a flag or option but for now I'm just trying to keep the window minimized on launch.

For now I've just set the main app to showMaximized to make it fill up the screen but am still looking for a resolution if anyone has suggestions.