'Keep TopLevel window in front of main window

I created a TopLevel window that appears in front of my main window when it pops up. It works as intended when I run the program from the command line. The problem occurs when I turn the program into an executable using pyinstaller. Then when the TopLevel window pops up it appears in front of the main window for a brief moment and then moves behind it. To get around this, I'm using toplevel.attributes('-topmost',True), but this makes the window stay on top of ALL windows and can't be moved behind them. Why would pyinstaller cause this to happen, and what can I do to get it back to how it worked previously?

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Solution 1:[1]

Try top-level.grab_set() with this it will appear on top of the main window and you have to close it before you can work on the window

Solution 2:[2]

This will ensure it always comes to the top

a = TopLevel()
a.lift()
a.attributes('-topmost',True)
a.after_idle(a.attributes,'-topmost',False)

You can also hide your root with

root.withdraw()

Then bring it back with

root.deiconfy()

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Solution Source
Solution 1 AD WAN
Solution 2 Jessie Wilson

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