From 13469e65872dcfa0a68121f183860e5cfb054057 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ronso0 <ronso0@mixxx.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:52:59 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Interface preferences: use main window screen to detect if
 skin fits

---
 src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefinterface.cpp | 16 ++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefinterface.cpp b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefinterface.cpp
index 7cdc67e86a19..794c0038040c 100644
--- a/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefinterface.cpp
+++ b/src/preferences/dialog/dlgprefinterface.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <QDir>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QLocale>
+#include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QScreen>
 #include <QVariant>
 #include <QtGlobal>
@@ -240,8 +241,19 @@ DlgPrefInterface::DlgPrefInterface(
 }
 
 QScreen* DlgPrefInterface::getScreen() const {
-    auto* pScreen =
-            mixxx::widgethelper::getScreen(*this);
+    QScreen* pScreen = nullptr;
+    const QWidgetList topLevelWidgets = QApplication::topLevelWidgets();
+    for (QWidget* pWidget : topLevelWidgets) {
+        // Ignore other popups and hidden track menus
+        QMainWindow* pMainWindow = qobject_cast<QMainWindow*>(pWidget);
+        if (pMainWindow) {
+            pScreen = mixxx::widgethelper::getScreen(*pMainWindow);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    VERIFY_OR_DEBUG_ASSERT(pScreen) {
+        pScreen = mixxx::widgethelper::getScreen(*this);
+    }
     if (!pScreen) {
         // Obtain the primary screen. This is necessary if no window is
         // available before the widget is displayed.