def __init__(self, vanishingTime=500, baseOpacity=__baseOpacity):
self.setAcceptHoverEvents(True)
self.setOpacity(self.__baseOpacity)
self.__vanEnabled = True
self.__vanishingTime = vanishingTime
self.__timer = QtCore.QTimeLine(vanishingTime)
self.__timer.setFrameRange(0, self.__numFrames)
self.__timer.frameChanged.connect(self.__onFrameChanged)
self.__lowOpacity = baseOpacity
self.__toSleep = False
self.__sleeping = False
self.setOpacity(self.__lowOpacity)
