diff -r 6b197c3389f7 -r 7b8a21fd2d58 src/eric7/EricWidgets/EricMessageBox.py
--- a/src/eric7/EricWidgets/EricMessageBox.py Sun Nov 03 12:34:02 2024 +0100
+++ b/src/eric7/EricWidgets/EricMessageBox.py Sun Nov 03 17:50:34 2024 +0100
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
Module implementing QMessageBox replacements and more convenience function.
"""
-from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt
+from PyQt6.QtCore import QCoreApplication, Qt
from PyQt6.QtWidgets import QApplication, QMessageBox
###############################################################################
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@
@return button pressed by the user
@rtype QMessageBox.StandardButton
"""
+ if parent is None:
+ parent = QCoreApplication.instance().getMainWindow()
+
messageBox = QMessageBox(parent)
messageBox.setIcon(icon)
if parent is not None:
@@ -164,9 +167,36 @@
return messageBox.standardButton(clickedButton)
-# the about functions are here for consistency
-about = QMessageBox.about
-aboutQt = QMessageBox.aboutQt
+def about(parent, title, text):
+ """
+ Function to show a modal dialog with some text about the application.
+
+ @param parent parent widget of the message box
+ @type QWidget
+ @param title caption of the message box
+ @type str
+ @param text text to be shown by the message box
+ @type str
+ """
+ if parent is None:
+ parent = QCoreApplication.instance().getMainWindow()
+
+ QMessageBox.about(parent, title, text)
+
+
+def aboutQt(parent, title=""):
+ """
+ Function to show a modal dialog with text about Qt.
+
+ @param parent parent widget of the message box
+ @type QWidget
+ @param title caption of the message box (defaults to "")
+ @type str (optional)
+ """
+ if parent is None:
+ parent = QCoreApplication.instance().getMainWindow()
+
+ QMessageBox.aboutQt(parent, title)
def critical(
