Merge pull request #6384 from efiring/showraise

tacaswell · web-flow · commit f5c146db8a77 · 2017-08-12T21:49:38.000-04:00
ENH: Figure.show() raises figure with qt backends
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.py b/lib/matplotlib/backends/backend_qt5.py
@@ -495,6 +495,8 @@ def resize(self, width, height):
 
     def show(self):
         self.window.show()
+        self.window.activateWindow()
+        self.window.raise_()
 
     def destroy(self, *args):
         # check for qApp first, as PySide deletes it in its atexit handler
