From f55b9ef3ceb4838208a244815b0a6cdf1cc30752 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rgerum <14153051+rgerum@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:14:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] tests get current app instance if there already is one

---
 test/test_use_gui.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/test/test_use_gui.py b/test/test_use_gui.py
index c5507b0..3bebb28 100644
--- a/test/test_use_gui.py
+++ b/test/test_use_gui.py
@@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ def do_raise(_, name, desc):
 # Set the exception hook to our wrapping function
 sys.excepthook = lambda *args: sys._excepthook(*args)
 
-app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
+if not QtWidgets.QApplication.instance():
+    app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
+else:
+    app = QtWidgets.QApplication.instance()
 font = QtGui.QFont("Arial", 10)
 app.setFont(font)