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"%gui qt6" does not work #15046

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@sam-s

The following single cell finishes instantly and displays an unresponsive window:

%gui qt6

import numpy as np
import pyqtgraph as pg
from PyQt6 import QtWidgets

class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self.setWindowTitle("PyQtGraph Minimal Example")
        self.plot_widget = pg.PlotWidget()
        self.setCentralWidget(self.plot_widget)
        x = np.arange(5)
        y = np.exp(x)
        self.plot_widget.plot(x, y, pen=pg.mkPen(color='b', width=2)) # Blue line, 2px width
        self.statusBar().showMessage("Done!")

mw = MainWindow()
mw.show()

pg.exec() makes the window work, but the notebook is now busy.
Tried with

3.13.5 (tags/v3.13.5:6cb20a2, Jun 11 2025, 16:15:46) [MSC v.1943 64 bit (AMD64)]
numpy 2.3.4
pyqtgraph 0.13.7
IPython 9.6.0

and

3.14.0 (tags/v3.14.0:ebf955d, Oct  7 2025, 10:15:03) [MSC v.1944 64 bit (AMD64)]
numpy 2.3.4
pyqtgraph 0.13.7
IPython 9.6.0

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