Drawing an overlay on top of an application's window

You can create own style class based on QMotifStyle or other ... and paint on any widget/control related to him information.

void MyStyle::drawPrimitive(PrimitiveElement element, const QStyleOption *option,QPainter *painter, const QWidget *widget) const
{
     QStyle::State flags = option->state;
     QRect      rect     = option->rect;
     QPalette   pal      = option->palette;
     QBrush brush;

    switch (element)
    {
        case PE_FrameTabWidget:
        {
             painter->save();

                 // for example: draw anything on TabWidget
                painter->drawPixmap(rect,centerPm,centerPm.rect());
             painter->restore();
        }
        break;
        default:
         QMotifStyle::drawPrimitive(element, option, painter, widget);
         break;

    }
}