From e78133b7b22cb241ba081a391d47f28d7ad72aee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9=20Vautour?= <andre.vautour@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 16:42:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update title bar label when the widget's title changes.
 (#798)

---
 src/DockAreaWidget.cpp | 13 +++++++++++++
 src/DockAreaWidget.h   |  5 +++++
 src/DockWidget.cpp     |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/DockAreaWidget.cpp b/src/DockAreaWidget.cpp
index 975a23a..d7a62c8 100644
--- a/src/DockAreaWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/DockAreaWidget.cpp
@@ -934,6 +934,19 @@ void CDockAreaWidget::updateTitleBarVisibility()
 }
 
 
+//============================================================================
+void CDockAreaWidget::updateWindowTitle()
+{
+	auto currentWidget = d->ContentsLayout->currentWidget();
+	if (d->TitleBar && currentWidget)
+	{
+		d->TitleBar->autoHideTitleLabel()->setText(currentWidget->windowTitle());
+	}
+
+	markTitleBarMenuOutdated();
+}
+
+
 //============================================================================
 void CDockAreaWidget::markTitleBarMenuOutdated()
 {
diff --git a/src/DockAreaWidget.h b/src/DockAreaWidget.h
index 1deda6b..8fea878 100644
--- a/src/DockAreaWidget.h
+++ b/src/DockAreaWidget.h
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ protected:
 	 */
 	void internalSetCurrentDockWidget(CDockWidget* DockWidget);
 
+	/**
+	 * Call this function to update the window title
+	 */
+	void updateWindowTitle();
+
 	/**
 	 * Marks tabs menu to update
 	 */
diff --git a/src/DockWidget.cpp b/src/DockWidget.cpp
index 0f6a39e..d0168a8 100644
--- a/src/DockWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/DockWidget.cpp
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ bool CDockWidget::event(QEvent *e)
 			}
 			if (d->DockArea)
 			{
-				d->DockArea->markTitleBarMenuOutdated();//update tabs menu
+				d->DockArea->updateWindowTitle();
 			}
 
 			auto FloatingWidget = floatingDockContainer();