custom toolbar layout

user4592357

i need to have a layout like this:
action, action (a lot space) action

so i thought to create a toolbar, and add actions to it.

i also created a layout where i added widgetForActions for all the 3 actions:

layout->addWidget(toolbar->widgetForAction(action));
layout->addStretch();
layout->addWidget(toolbar->widgetForAction(action));

but well i can't set the layout on the toolbar since it already has one.
is there a solution to this?

mrjj

Hi
You can try using a QSpacerItem.
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qspaceritem.html

user4592357

@mrjj
hi, thanks

i added it like this:

toolbar->addWidget(QSpacerItem(4000, 1)->widget());

but it only occupies as much space as other actions (i.e. actions which became tool buttons on tool bar)

mrjj

That looks a bit odd syntax. )
Anyway i checked the docs. not sure it takes one. sorry. my bad.

Anyway, you can do like this

... insert left actions first ..
 QWidget* empty = new QWidget();
  empty->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Preferred);
  ui->mainToolBar->addWidget(empty);
// this will be right aligned
  QAction *test= new QAction(this);
  test->setText("RIGHT");
   ui->mainToolBar->addAction(test);

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user4592357

@mrjj
learned something new today. thanks.

mrjj

@user4592357
me too. i thought Spacers could be put in any layout :)

user4592357

@mrjj :)