How to add a custom widget manually(in code) to QMainWindow

[marty1885]

Hi. I have run into a probleam that I can't add my custom widget manually to QMainWindow.
I originally designed and add it to QMainWindow as this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K-VU9I4ffY

But I now want to add my widget in code to have more flexibility. But how?
I tried
layout()->addWidget(trackEditor);//how I do that in QT4

But it gave me
QMainWindowLayout::addItem: Please use the public QMainWindow API instead

how can I do this in QT5?

Thanks

[andreyc]

Welcome to DevNet!

Take a look on Qt5 widgets examples.
@

MainWindow::MainWindow(...)
{
TrackEditor* trackEditor = new TrackEditor;
QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
layout->addWidget(trackEditor);
setLayout(layout);
}
@

[Ildar]

Try like this:
@
ui->mainLayout->addWidget(trackEditor);
@

Change 'mainLayout' to actually name of your layout.

[marty1885]

Thanks, that works. But is there any way to add the widget without using QLayout? I prefer setting the location of my widget using x and y.

Thanks for helping.

[Ildar]

bq. But is there any way to add the widget without using QLayout?

Yes, just set widget as parent. For example:
@
MyWidget *myWidget = new MyWidget(ui->mainWidget)
@

But, using layouts is more properly for many reasons.