From 78c31358becdfaabf1bdf1d383faa3e45a34e561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MikeTheWatchGuy <mike_barnett@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 01:17:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] New Window option - Force top level - forces the window to be
 a Toplevel tkinter window

---
 PySimpleGUI.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/PySimpleGUI.py b/PySimpleGUI.py
index 657799f6..4aff4c03 100644
--- a/PySimpleGUI.py
+++ b/PySimpleGUI.py
@@ -2013,7 +2013,7 @@ class Window:
     '''
     Display a user defined for and return the filled in data
     '''
-    def __init__(self, title, default_element_size=DEFAULT_ELEMENT_SIZE, default_button_element_size = (None, None), auto_size_text=None, auto_size_buttons=None, location=(None, None), button_color=None, font=None, progress_bar_color=(None, None), background_color=None, is_tabbed_form=False, border_depth=None, auto_close=False, auto_close_duration=DEFAULT_AUTOCLOSE_TIME, icon=DEFAULT_WINDOW_ICON, return_keyboard_events=False, use_default_focus=True, text_justification=None, no_titlebar=False, grab_anywhere=False, keep_on_top=False):
+    def __init__(self, title, default_element_size=DEFAULT_ELEMENT_SIZE, default_button_element_size = (None, None), auto_size_text=None, auto_size_buttons=None, location=(None, None), button_color=None, font=None, progress_bar_color=(None, None), background_color=None, is_tabbed_form=False, border_depth=None, auto_close=False, auto_close_duration=DEFAULT_AUTOCLOSE_TIME, icon=DEFAULT_WINDOW_ICON, force_toplevel = False, return_keyboard_events=False, use_default_focus=True, text_justification=None, no_titlebar=False, grab_anywhere=False, keep_on_top=False):
         self.AutoSizeText = auto_size_text if auto_size_text is not None else DEFAULT_AUTOSIZE_TEXT
         self.AutoSizeButtons = auto_size_buttons if auto_size_buttons is not None else DEFAULT_AUTOSIZE_BUTTONS
         self.Title = title
@@ -2054,6 +2054,7 @@ class Window:
         self.NoTitleBar = no_titlebar
         self.GrabAnywhere = grab_anywhere
         self.KeepOnTop = keep_on_top
+        self.ForceTopLevel = force_toplevel
 
     # ------------------------- Add ONE Row to Form ------------------------- #
     def AddRow(self, *args):
@@ -3471,8 +3472,13 @@ def StartupTK(my_flex_form):
     global _my_windows
 
     ow = _my_windows.NumOpenWindows
+
     # print('Starting TK open Windows = {}'.format(ow))
-    root = tk.Tk() if not ow else tk.Toplevel()
+    if not ow and not my_flex_form.ForceTopLevel:
+        root = tk.Tk()
+    else:
+        root = tk.Toplevel()
+
     try:
         root.attributes('-alpha', 0)             # hide window while building it. makes for smoother 'paint'
     except: