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  • Gojir4G Gojir4

    @Qtstarter121 said in Making QPushButtons span multiple columns in QGridLayout:

    @Gojir4 So in terms of adding a column, the only way I see that working is when I add another button to one of the rows at the end, then it auto-creates a column for every row( you can't just add extra columns only to one row). So let's say I do that anyway, for the last row I suppose then I could specify in the ui file a column span of 2 per button like I did previously in the <item ... >, but the for the other rows which only contain 3 buttons, the column span now has to change to 4/3 which again doesn't work...

    Is that possible to show us some drawing of what you are trying to achieve ? It will help a lot
    Is it something like that ? (sorry I cannot post image)

    ┌----┬-----┬----┐
    ├----┴--┬--┴----┤
    ├----┬--┴--┬----┤
    └----┴-----┴----┘
    

    @Qtstarter121 said in Making QPushButtons span multiple columns in QGridLayout:

    With regards to solution number 2, I'm thinking this might be the only viable solution to get this working inside Qt Designer. I would need to break my current layout, resize my buttons manually the way I want and then re-arrange them in a grid again ( if I understood you correctly).

    Yes that's what I meant. but it seems it didn't work according to your reply to yourself :)

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    @Gojir4 I want something like this:

    0_1526390746422_Capture.PNG

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    • Q Qtstarter121

      @Gojir4 I want something like this:

      0_1526390746422_Capture.PNG

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      @Qtstarter121
      Hi
      You can use one of the red layouts from Layout section to the left. ( not right click)
      alt text

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      • Q Qtstarter121

        @Gojir4 I want something like this:

        0_1526390746422_Capture.PNG

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        @Qtstarter121 What about that ? This is what I tried to explain in one of my previous post.

        alt text

        Sorry for quality of the gif, I'm not an expert in video conversion :)

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        • Gojir4G Gojir4

          @Qtstarter121 What about that ? This is what I tried to explain in one of my previous post.

          alt text

          Sorry for quality of the gif, I'm not an expert in video conversion :)

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          @Gojir4
          Cool. I didn't know it would just allow it!
          Ps. if u need gif anims, this just works
          http://www.screentogif.com/

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          • mrjjM mrjj

            @Gojir4
            Cool. I didn't know it would just allow it!
            Ps. if u need gif anims, this just works
            http://www.screentogif.com/

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            @mrjj Thanks for the tip.

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            • mrjjM mrjj

              @Qtstarter121
              Hi
              You can use one of the red layouts from Layout section to the left. ( not right click)
              alt text

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              @mrjj I did that, instead of selecting all buttons and right click then layout in grid, I instead dragged a Grid Layout from the left panel and tried inputting buttons one by one into the layout, but once I finish the first row, the layout is fixed to define 3 columns, so I still can't only have 2 columns in the last row... there will always be that one column to the right that is empty.

              0_1526397104546_Capture2.PNG

              shaded region represents an empty cell that always exists no matter how I drag my buttons around.

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                @mrjj I did that, instead of selecting all buttons and right click then layout in grid, I instead dragged a Grid Layout from the left panel and tried inputting buttons one by one into the layout, but once I finish the first row, the layout is fixed to define 3 columns, so I still can't only have 2 columns in the last row... there will always be that one column to the right that is empty.

                0_1526397104546_Capture2.PNG

                shaded region represents an empty cell that always exists no matter how I drag my buttons around.

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                @Qtstarter121
                I i used both a GridLayout and a red layout i put as last row.
                But it seems @Gojir4 made it do it without extra layout.
                we just need him to tell what he clicks after selecting them all
                as video is faster than my eye :)

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                  I'm confused as to what a "red layout" is. Isn't selecting a Grid Layout from the left panel, and selecting all buttons and right click-> Layout > Layout in Grid the same thing?

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    @Qtstarter121
                    I i used both a GridLayout and a red layout i put as last row.
                    But it seems @Gojir4 made it do it without extra layout.
                    we just need him to tell what he clicks after selecting them all
                    as video is faster than my eye :)

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                    @mrjj @Qtstarter121 I'm clicking on "Layout in a grid" :)
                    alt text

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                    • Gojir4G Gojir4

                      @Qtstarter121 What about that ? This is what I tried to explain in one of my previous post.

                      alt text

                      Sorry for quality of the gif, I'm not an expert in video conversion :)

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                      @Gojir4 I know this is a pretty late reply but I just wanted to say that this actually worked out for me. Thanks so much! The GIF animation was very helpful.

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                      • Q Qtstarter121

                        @Gojir4 I know this is a pretty late reply but I just wanted to say that this actually worked out for me. Thanks so much! The GIF animation was very helpful.

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                        @Qtstarter121 Glad it helped !
                        Can you please set the thread as "Solved"
                        Thanks

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                          Sorry, I know it's like over a year later, but I have finally marked it as solved. Thanks for the help.

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