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  • VRoninV VRonin

    @TETTRA said in Combining widgets:

    Do you use AdobePhotoshop?

    I'm not that rich.

    I think what you mean can be achieved either reimplemnting drag and drop or using QMainWindow as a central widget of another QMainWindow and spawning QDockWidgets from it

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    @VRonin Excuse me but I didn'i understand a bit. Can you give me some example?

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      #10

      Something like:

      class ExampleWid : QMainWindow{
      Q_OBJECT
      Q_DISABLE_COPY(ExampleWid)
      public:
      explicit ExampleWid(QWidget* parent = Q_NULLPTR)
      :QMainWindow(parent)
      {
      m_centralWid=new QMainWindow(this);
      m_centralWid->setWindowFlags(Qt::Widget);
      setCentralWidget(m_centralWid);
      }
      public slots:
      void spawnWidget(){
      auto tempLabel = new QLabel("exaple");
      auto tempDock = new QDockWidget("example dock");
      tempDock.setWidget(tempLabel);
      m_centralWid->addDockWidget(Qt::NoDockWidgetArea,tempDock);
      }
      private:
      QMainWindow* m_centralWid;
      };
      

      call spawnWidget to create new windows

      Edit

      addDockWidget shold be called from the central widget

      "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
      ~Napoleon Bonaparte

      On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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      • VRoninV VRonin

        Something like:

        class ExampleWid : QMainWindow{
        Q_OBJECT
        Q_DISABLE_COPY(ExampleWid)
        public:
        explicit ExampleWid(QWidget* parent = Q_NULLPTR)
        :QMainWindow(parent)
        {
        m_centralWid=new QMainWindow(this);
        m_centralWid->setWindowFlags(Qt::Widget);
        setCentralWidget(m_centralWid);
        }
        public slots:
        void spawnWidget(){
        auto tempLabel = new QLabel("exaple");
        auto tempDock = new QDockWidget("example dock");
        tempDock.setWidget(tempLabel);
        m_centralWid->addDockWidget(Qt::NoDockWidgetArea,tempDock);
        }
        private:
        QMainWindow* m_centralWid;
        };
        

        call spawnWidget to create new windows

        Edit

        addDockWidget shold be called from the central widget

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        @VRonin It's not what it takes. Sorry

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          @VRonin It's not what it takes. Sorry

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          mrjj
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          wrote on last edited by mrjj
          #12

          @TETTRA
          Hi
          You really have to explain a bit better what you want. :)

          I do use photoshop cc 2014 and i have no idea what you mean.

          You mean tear off windows, ( from a tab ) to a floating window and then be able to drag back again to a tab ?

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            @TETTRA
            Hi
            You really have to explain a bit better what you want. :)

            I do use photoshop cc 2014 and i have no idea what you mean.

            You mean tear off windows, ( from a tab ) to a floating window and then be able to drag back again to a tab ?

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            @mrjj Exactly this!!!!!

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              @mrjj Exactly this!!!!!

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              @TETTRA
              Ok. Then @VRonin code is the way to go.
              Its not directly supported by the Docks. (to dock in center)
              They will only docks to the sides. ( and only dock in mainwindows)
              But it is possible to cheat and and use an extra mainwindow and use that for the central docking so
              one can get that effect. But it takes some tweaking and fiddling to get it to work.

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              • mrjjM mrjj

                @TETTRA
                Ok. Then @VRonin code is the way to go.
                Its not directly supported by the Docks. (to dock in center)
                They will only docks to the sides. ( and only dock in mainwindows)
                But it is possible to cheat and and use an extra mainwindow and use that for the central docking so
                one can get that effect. But it takes some tweaking and fiddling to get it to work.

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                Can you tell me how to do this? Give some kind of example, pls

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                  Can you tell me how to do this? Give some kind of example, pls

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                  #16

                  @TETTRA
                  There is no premade , just to use solution. ( that i have seen)
                  The code @VRonin provide is a good starting point.

                  You should read about QDockWidget and how it works. Then
                  try to make it.

                  http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdockwidget.html
                  this one also cover it.
                  http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1405543&seqNum=5

                  If you are brand new to Qt, it's not a good start project as such as it will take
                  some fiddling to feel like photoshop.

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    @TETTRA
                    There is no premade , just to use solution. ( that i have seen)
                    The code @VRonin provide is a good starting point.

                    You should read about QDockWidget and how it works. Then
                    try to make it.

                    http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdockwidget.html
                    this one also cover it.
                    http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1405543&seqNum=5

                    If you are brand new to Qt, it's not a good start project as such as it will take
                    some fiddling to feel like photoshop.

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                    #17

                    @mrjj You right. How can I designate the correct answer? And yet, how to do it, if I have everything in different files?(From projectWindow, I want to make a QDockWidget. Is it possible?) ! sorry for this bad picture

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                      • I want to make a QDockWidget. Is it possible?

                      You mean you want to include the widgets from other files?

                      Ys, just include the .h from the other widgets into the Dock one and
                      then you can create those from code. ( and insert into Dock)

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                      • mrjjM mrjj
                        • I want to make a QDockWidget. Is it possible?

                        You mean you want to include the widgets from other files?

                        Ys, just include the .h from the other widgets into the Dock one and
                        then you can create those from code. ( and insert into Dock)

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                        @mrjj Sorry, but I'm new, could you give me an example?

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                          @mrjj Sorry, but I'm new, could you give me an example?

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                          @TETTRA
                          Example on ?

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                          • mrjjM mrjj

                            @TETTRA
                            Example on ?

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                            @mrjj Yes

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                              @mrjj Yes

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                              @TETTRA
                              sorry ?
                              you just include the .h file and then u can use the class

                              //somefile.cpp
                              #include "mywidget.h"
                              then you can do
                              mywidget * w= new mywidget();

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                              • mrjjM mrjj

                                @TETTRA
                                sorry ?
                                you just include the .h file and then u can use the class

                                //somefile.cpp
                                #include "mywidget.h"
                                then you can do
                                mywidget * w= new mywidget();

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                                @mrjj It doesn't work out for me.

                                DockWidget:

                                #include "dockwodgets.h"
                                #include "stylehelper.h"
                                
                                dockWodgets::dockWodgets()
                                {
                                    layer = new QDockWidget();
                                }
                                
                                

                                Connect:

                                //docks
                                             docks = new dockWodgets();
                                
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                                • T TETTRA

                                  @mrjj It doesn't work out for me.

                                  DockWidget:

                                  #include "dockwodgets.h"
                                  #include "stylehelper.h"
                                  
                                  dockWodgets::dockWodgets()
                                  {
                                      layer = new QDockWidget();
                                  }
                                  
                                  

                                  Connect:

                                  //docks
                                               docks = new dockWodgets();
                                  
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                                  @TETTRA
                                  you must give more details.
                                  what is error ?
                                  what does not work ?
                                  I cant tell anything from that code :)
                                  seems fine.

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                                  • mrjjM mrjj

                                    @TETTRA
                                    you must give more details.
                                    what is error ?
                                    what does not work ?
                                    I cant tell anything from that code :)
                                    seems fine.

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                                    @mrjj
                                    DockWidget

                                    #include "dockwodgets.h"
                                    #include "stylehelper.h"
                                    
                                    dockWodgets::dockWodgets()
                                    {
                                        layer = new QDockWidget();
                                    }
                                    

                                    MainWindow

                                      //docks
                                                 docks = new dockWodgets();
                                    

                                    That's all I did. My program is running, but the "docks" isn,t shown.

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                                      @mrjj
                                      DockWidget

                                      #include "dockwodgets.h"
                                      #include "stylehelper.h"
                                      
                                      dockWodgets::dockWodgets()
                                      {
                                          layer = new QDockWidget();
                                      }
                                      

                                      MainWindow

                                        //docks
                                                   docks = new dockWodgets();
                                      

                                      That's all I did. My program is running, but the "docks" isn,t shown.

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                                      @TETTRA
                                      make sure to show() on it.
                                      layer = new QDockWidget();
                                      layer->show();

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                                      • mrjjM mrjj

                                        @TETTRA
                                        make sure to show() on it.
                                        layer = new QDockWidget();
                                        layer->show();

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                                        @mrjj This widget simply opens. I need him open already and attached to the main window.

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                                          @mrjj This widget simply opens. I need him open already and attached to the main window.

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                                          @TETTRA
                                          You also need to add it to the mainwindow with
                                          http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qmainwindow.html#addDockWidget

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