Grid layout column width

[MartynWheeler]

Hi,

I have just started using qt creator and I am very impressed so far. I have managed to do in a couple of hours what took me more than a day with wxwidgets.

I am trying to apply a layout to my form. I have a group of controls in grid and then a tab control. I would like the group of controls to have a fixed width and height but the tab control to grow and shrink with the form

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However, when I apply a grid layout to the form it always puts the two parts in columns with the same size in the designer. Is there a way to have individually sized columns in the designer?

Sorry is it a really obvious question,

Thanks in advance,

Martyn

[Pl45m4]

@MartynWheeler said in Grid layout column width:

Is there a way to have individually sized columns in the designer?

The layout takes care of your widget according to your layout and size policies.
But you can set a stretch factor. This will in- or decrease the size proportional to your other elements (e.g. twice as big).
For example you can divide the layout into e.g. 9 parts and let one widget take 2/9, one 6/9, and one 1/9

• https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/layout.html#stretch-factors

[MartynWheeler]

Thanks, that has fixed the issue