Showing grid lines in a QGridLayout

[raven-worx]

[quote author="musimbate" date="1370246350"]
What do you exactly mean by ''line widget".
[/quote]
you create a custom VLineWidget, HLineWidget, CrossWidget, which just paint their lines and insert them along with your other widgets to the grid layout.

[quote author="musimbate" date="1370246350"]
I was thinking of subclassing QWidget ,draw the lines I want on the widget in the paint override and then apply the layout on my custom widget.
[/quote]
i'm not sure if that will work as you want. Determining the positions for the lines could be quite difficult.

[quote author="musimbate" date="1370246350"]
Some people are even proposing to use QTableWidget and insert the widgets in the cells.I am going to try all these options but suggestions are always more than welcome.[/quote]
This is by far the most easiest way to go ;)

[musimbate]

[quote author="raven-worx" date="1370246783"]
i'm not sure if that will work as you want. Determining the positions for the lines could be quite difficult.
[/quote]
Was starting to face that problem.Will try your "line widget idea " and QTable and see what works best.
Thanks for your input!:-)

[Mario84]

[quote author="raven-worx" date="1370246783"]
you create a custom VLineWidget, HLineWidget, CrossWidget, which just paint their lines and insert them along with your other widgets to the grid layout.
[/quote]

Another way could be to create a ContentWidget-Class for every cell which contains the widget that you want to show in the cell and draws a border around it...
Perhaps this will simplify the layout ;)

[belab]

Not sure if this would be helpful, but the designer already shows those gridlines.

[Marcos Modenesi]

May be something like !http://i.imgur.com/GoBYzTj.png(this?)!

@ QGridLayout *layout1 = new QGridLayout;
layout1->addWidget(labelMateria, 0, 0, Qt::AlignRight);
layout1->addWidget(lineEditMateria, 0, 1, 1, 3);
layout1->addWidget(labelAnyo, 1, 0, Qt::AlignRight);
layout1->addWidget(comboBoxAnyo, 1, 1);
layout1->addWidget(labelColor, 1, 3, Qt::AlignLeft);
layout1->addWidget(botonColor, 1, 2);
layout1->addWidget(labelHsCatedra, 2, 0, Qt::AlignRight);
layout1->addWidget(spinBoxHsCatedra, 2, 1);
QFrame *linea1 = new QFrame(this); // <<< this does the trick
linea1->setLineWidth(2);
linea1->setMidLineWidth(1);
linea1->setFrameShape(QFrame::HLine);
linea1->setFrameShadow(QFrame::Raised);
layout1->addWidget(linea1, 3, 0, 1, 4);
layout1->addWidget(botonCancelar, 4, 2);
layout1->addWidget(botonAceptar, 4, 3);

setLayout(layout1);@

[flaviotordini]

If you just need to paint a grid, subclass QWidget and draw your grid inside paintEvent.

[musimbate]

Thanks guys for all your input.I have tried many options and I like to have many ways to achieve the same thing:-).One question about *Marcos Modenesi *'s solution though:how to control the color of the lines drawn using QFrame.I have tried to apply a palette to the frame but I am getting weird looking lines.Any ideas?
Thanks again!

[musimbate]

[quote author="Flavio Tordini" date="1370323386"]If you just need to paint a grid, subclass QWidget and draw your grid inside paintEvent.[/quote]

Thanks Flavio,but I want the full functionality of a QGridLayout with grid lines shown.VLines and HLines using QFrame seem be getting me close to the desired effect.

[Marcos Modenesi]

This works in my example:

linea1->setPalette(QPalette(QColor(255, 0, 0)));

@
QFrame *linea1 = new QFrame(this);
linea1->setLineWidth(2);
linea1->setMidLineWidth(1);
linea1->setFrameShape(QFrame::HLine);
linea1->setFrameShadow(QFrame::Raised);
linea1->setPalette(QPalette(QColor(255, 0, 0))); // here
@

!http://i.imgur.com/1CKZjUs.png(color red)!

[musimbate]

Thanks Markos,I have tried that and I am still getting lines with the default color.Guess I ll have to keep looking .Thanks again.
Dan.