Layout issues

[Cobra91151]

@ambershark

I use QHBoxLayout layout. Also to emulate tab behavior I use QStackedLayout:

QHBoxLayout *settingsLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
settingsLayout->addWidget(settingsMenuView);
settingsLayout->addWidget(settingsView);
this->setLayout(settingsLayout);

Code for setting QStackedLayout.

QHBoxLayout *allSettingsDataLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
allSettingsDataLayout->addLayout(settingsStackedLayout);
allSettingsDataLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
settingsView->setLayout(allSettingsDataLayout);

Maybe the problem is in QStackedLayout?

[ambershark]

@Cobra91151 It definitely has the layout feel to it. I don't see any glaring issue with the code though.

Maybe try adding a right margin (or some padding, or even a spacer) to your hbox that has the list widget in it and see if it corrects that behavior. It looks like the layout is allowing itself to go "out of bounds".. it really shouldn't do that if it was set up properly.

You could also try adding a componeny like a QLabel on the right of the list to see if it bleed over into that QLabel or if it is an edge of the window type of thing.

[Cobra91151]

I have tried different approaches but nothing works. Is there any other solution how to fix layout issue?

Screenshots:

Also I have tried QVBoxLayout, QHBoxLayout, QGridLayout but it not properly displays widgets. Thanks.

[J.Hilk]

@Cobra91151

have you tried it with a QScrollArea ?

[Cobra91151]

@J.Hilk

I have added QScrollArea, but it not fixed the issue. This issue is only appear when I have maximized my app window on small screen resolutions. So I think there should be solution with adding some layout.

[Cobra91151]

I have combined QVBoxLayout with QHBoxLayout and it fixes the issue but it not properly displays widgets?

Update:
These issues are with 800x600,1024x768, 1152x864 screen resolutions. From 1280x720 works normal.

[ambershark]

@Cobra91151 Yea your layout code is definitely bad. Can you post the code so we can either duplicate the problem or at least see where you are going wrong?

It doesn't have to be the actual code you could throw some dummy code into a sample app that duplicates the issue so we can play with it.

[SGaist]

Hi,

Why are you setting your QStackedLayout inside a QHBoxLayout before setting it on the widget ? It looks like a layer to much.

You could maybe even remove that widget altoghether and use a QStackedWidget directly, no ?

[Cobra91151]

@ambershark @SGaist

Hi!
I use QStackedLayout to emulate tab behavior. I will test QStackedWidget and post code later.

[Cobra91151]

I have tested QStackedWidget, but the issue is still present on small screen resolutions. I have deleted all layouts and added QHBoxLayout for apply and exit buttons.

This is without layout. QHBoxLayout has just buttons (Apply/Exit).

Code:

QListWidget *settingsView = new QListWidget(tabSettings);  //tabSettings is QTabWidget

QWidget *appSettingsTab = new QWidget(settingsView);
QStackedWidget *settingsStackedWidget = new QStackedWidget();
settingsStackedWidget->addWidget(appSettingsTab);

QHBoxLayout *appSettingsButtonLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
appSettingsButtonLayout->addStretch(0);
appSettingsButtonLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignBottom | Qt::AlignRight);
appSettingsButtonLayout->addWidget(appSettingsApplyButton);
appSettingsButtonLayout->addWidget(appSettingsExitButton);
appSettingsTab->setLayout(appSettingsButtonLayout);

QHBoxLayout *allSettingsDataLayout = new QHBoxLayout();
allSettingsDataLayout->addWidget(settingsStackedWidget);
allSettingsDataLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
settingsView->setLayout(allSettingsDataLayout);

So how should I combine layouts to display widgets in three columns?

[SGaist]

What does small screen represent ?

[Cobra91151]

@SGaist

QWidgets are not fully visible on 800x600,1024x768, 1152x864 screen resolutions.

[SGaist]

Ok, so pretty standard sizes.

Why are you putting settingsViewin appSettingsTab and not directly in the QStackedWidget ? That makes settingsView a "floating" widget inside appSettingsTab.

[Cobra91151]

@SGaist

I have app with horizontal tabs (QTabWidgets), the last tab is settings and it displays two views for a list of different settings menu and settings which controls QStackedWidget. I will try to combine layouts and post code later.

[Cobra91151]

I also have layout issue with buttons:

Code:

    QVBoxLayout *firstButtonsColumnLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->addStretch(0);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignLeft);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->addWidget(registryButton, 0,);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->addWidget(recycleBinButton, 0);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->addWidget(deviceManagerButton, 0);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->addWidget(windowsUpdateButton, 0);
    firstButtonsColumnLayout->addWidget(systemConfigButton, 0);

    QHBoxLayout *testLayout = new QHBoxLayout;
    testLayout->setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop | Qt::AlignLeft);
    testLayout->addLayout(firstButtonsColumnLayout);
    commandsTab->setLayout(testLayout);

The problem is that buttons are not fully visible at small screen resolutions without layouts. So when I have added layout to some of them it displayed bottom not top.

Screenshot:

It should look like this with layouts:

How to fix these layout issues? What layout I should use?

[SGaist]

Not knowing how you build the rest of the buttons, it's not really possible to guess what is going wrong.

[ambershark]

@Cobra91151 Since the project you are doing is big enough not to share the code, it's really hard for us to figure out what is going on.

How about this.. Can you write up a quick/small project that just uses dummy widgets to show the same problem. Something you can share with us so we can see what you are doing wrong?

That way it is minimal code to share, and there is nothing that is proprietary being given to us on the forums here.

I don't see anything wrong, but I can't see the whole picture either. I don't have these issues with layouts and can't duplicate your problem.

[Cobra91151]

Ok. I will create small project and post it here later.

Update:
I will upload test project on Mega and post link here.

[Cobra91151]

Test project is available here - Mega. Thanks.

[ambershark]

@Cobra91151 Ok in looking at your example project, the major problem I see is you are using fixed sizing for everything. When you use fixed sizing you are limiting what the layout can do to help display your widgets. This is why you are having issues with things going off screen.

So questions:

1. Why do you want to use fixed sizes?
2. How do you want your buttons to look? Is it the second picture you posted with the "All Commands"? I can try to throw together a quick layout for you that has those buttons in it.