Minimizing Vertical Spacing in QGridLayout

[J.Hilk]

@Absurd

#include <QGridLayout>
#include <QLineEdit>
#include <QSpacerItem>

Widget::Widget(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
    QGridLayout *gLay = new QGridLayout(this);
    gLay->setSpacing(0);
    gLay->setMargin(0);

    for(int i(0); i < 4; i++){
        for(int j(0); j < 32; j++) {
            if( j == 0 || j == 31){
                gLay->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0,0,QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum),i,j);
            } else {
                QLineEdit *le = new QLineEdit(this);
                le->setMaxLength(1);
                le->setFixedWidth(16);
                le->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
                le->setText("0");
                gLay->addWidget(le,i,j,1,1, Qt::AlignCenter);
            }
        }
    }
}

works fine for me:

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ups, j should run to 34 so that there are 32 QLineEdits.

[Absurd]

Thanks for the help. Appreciate it!

Ok, running the exact same code as yours, I get different results...

main.cpp:

#include <QApplication>
#include "Widget.h"



int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
    QApplication app(argc, argv);

    Widget widget;
    widget.show();

    return app.exec();
}

Widget.h:

#ifndef WIDGET_H_
#define WIDGET_H_

#include <QWidget>

class Widget : public QWidget {
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    Widget(QWidget* parent = 0);
};

#endif

Widget.cpp:

#include "Widget.h"
#include <QGridLayout>
#include <QLineEdit>
#include <QSpacerItem>

Widget::Widget(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
    QGridLayout *gLay = new QGridLayout(this);
    gLay->setSpacing(0);
    gLay->setMargin(0);

    for(int i(0); i < 4; i++){
        for(int j(0); j < 32; j++) {
            if( j == 0 || j == 31){
                gLay->addItem(new QSpacerItem(0,0,QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum),i,j);
            } else {
                QLineEdit *le = new QLineEdit(this);
                le->setMaxLength(1);
                le->setFixedWidth(16);
                le->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
                le->setText("0");
                gLay->addWidget(le,i,j,1,1, Qt::AlignCenter);
            }
        }
    }
}

And then:

$> qmake-qt4 -project
$> qmake-qt4 testing.pro
$> make
$> ./testing

and the result:

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Maybe I am using different qt version?
Maybe it's an environment issue?
What else could it be?

[Absurd]

Important update
I tried to compile & run the same code on another machine, and guess what...

$> uname -a
Linux 4.15.0-42-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 19:32:57 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Does anyone has an idea on why would different machine render the GUI differently?

[mrjj]

@Absurd
Are the both linuxes ? ( with GNOME)

[Absurd]

@mrjj
Yes, they are both Linux-based, but not both are GNOME:

The bad:

$> uname -a 
Linux 3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 29 17:29:29 EDT 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$> ls /usr/bin/*session
/usr/bin/gnome-session*  /usr/bin/gnome-session-custom-session*
$> qmake-qt4 --version
QMake version 2.01a
Using Qt version 4.8.5 in /usr/lib64

The good:

$> uname -a
Linux 4.15.0-42-generic #45-Ubuntu SMP Thu Nov 15 19:32:57 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$> ls /usr/bin/*session
/usr/bin/byobu-select-session*  /usr/bin/dbus-run-session*
$> qmake-qt4 --version
QMake version 2.01a
Using Qt version 4.8.7 in /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

[mrjj]

@Absurd
Hi
Could yo try to do

#include <QDebug>
#include <QStyle>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);
    qDebug() << QApplication::style()->objectName();
...normal code...

and see if they list different styles ?

[Absurd]

Adding the code you suggested;
The Bad prints out "oxygen",
The Good prints out "windows".

What does that mean?

Thanks.

[mrjj]

@Absurd
It means that it uses different QStyles for the look and apparently
the oxygen draws the LineEdit with little border or something like that.

on the good, could you try

 QStyle *style = QStyleFactory::create("oxygen");
    if(style)
    {
        qDebug("Oxygen loaded!");        
        QApplication::setStyle(style);
    }

and see if it then get a space like the bad one ?

[Absurd]

You nailed it!
I added this code on the 'Good', but QStyleFactory::create("oxygen"); returned NULL for some reason (do you happen to know how can I inspect why? is there something like 'errno' I can print out?), so instead I tried this on the 'Bad':

QStyle *style = QStyleFactory::create("windows");
   if(style)
   {
       qDebug("windows loaded!");        
       QApplication::setStyle(style);
   }

and voilà:

Now, I guess I can use it as a WA, but I'm curious:
How is the QStyle determined inside a QApplication?
Could it be related to the qt4 versions? (in the 'Bad' machine I didn't have to install qt4 - it was there when I got it, but on the 'Good' I had to install it with sudo apt install qt4-default)

Thanks again!

[mrjj]

@Absurd said in Minimizing Vertical Spacing in QGridLayout:
Hi
As far as i know QStyleFactory cannot tell you why. only list available styles.

• How is the QStyle determined inside a QApplication?
  Never saw the actual for that detection. so cant tell. sorry.

Im wondering if 4.8.5 had a small bug where even disable the border would not
reduce the space used. And that was fixed in 4.8.7. Or it simply is a QStyle drawing difference.

[Absurd]

I will try installing 4.8.7 and will update if the behavior is different there...