Statusbar contents disappear when mouse pointer enters top menu bar

[ChrisOfBristol]

I have a statusbar at the bottom of my application's main window, and a File etc menu bar at the top. When the mouse pointer enters the top menu bar, the contents of the statusbar disappear. There is no timeout on the statusbar's contents.

[anda_skoa]

Actions, such as those represented as menu or toolbar entries, can have a status text associated.
That text is displayed in the status bar's message are when the action is hovered on.

Your description sounds a lot like this happening or the application preparing for it to happen.

If you have something you want to display regardless of status messages, add a label to the statusbar using addPermanentWidget()

Cheers,
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[ChrisOfBristol]

Thanks anda-skoa, I understand your post. I have looked for some examples of this, it all looks quite complicated and I couldn't get it to work. Rather than spend days learning it, I will just refresh the message.