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QLabel, how to anchor and align right ?

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  • SPlattenS SPlatten

    @JonB , I'm building the layout with widgets at runtime, the specification is supplied in an XML file.

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    @SPlatten
    Yes but that has nothing to do with it. Have you looked at e.g. void QBoxLayout::insertWidget(int index, QWidget *widget, int stretch = 0, Qt::Alignment alignment = Qt::Alignment()), the alignment argument? I'm only guessing.

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    • JonBJ JonB

      @SPlatten
      Yes but that has nothing to do with it. Have you looked at e.g. void QBoxLayout::insertWidget(int index, QWidget *widget, int stretch = 0, Qt::Alignment alignment = Qt::Alignment()), the alignment argument? I'm only guessing.

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      @JonB , thank you, I will try it out..

      Kind Regards,
      Sy

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        @SPlatten
        Yes but that has nothing to do with it. Have you looked at e.g. void QBoxLayout::insertWidget(int index, QWidget *widget, int stretch = 0, Qt::Alignment alignment = Qt::Alignment()), the alignment argument? I'm only guessing.

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        @JonB , what I'm actually looking for I don't think exists in Qt. It seems that QLabels are positioned using the bottom left coordinate then alignment is applied which uses the geometry of the QLabel to adjust the text according to the width and x coordinate.

        What I actually wanted to do is regardless of the width in the geometry I wanted to position the QLabel by the Anchor position, so if I set the anchor to bottom right and the alignment to right then any text would be displayed right of the anchor position and could never move past this position.

        Kind Regards,
        Sy

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        • SPlattenS SPlatten

          @JonB , what I'm actually looking for I don't think exists in Qt. It seems that QLabels are positioned using the bottom left coordinate then alignment is applied which uses the geometry of the QLabel to adjust the text according to the width and x coordinate.

          What I actually wanted to do is regardless of the width in the geometry I wanted to position the QLabel by the Anchor position, so if I set the anchor to bottom right and the alignment to right then any text would be displayed right of the anchor position and could never move past this position.

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          @SPlatten
          No idea since QLabel does not have any Anchor property.

          so if I set the anchor to bottom right and the alignment to right then any text would be displayed right of the anchor position and could never move past this position.

          If the anchor is bottom right then how can any text be displayed to the right of that?

          I don't understand, so best of luck.

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          • JonBJ JonB

            @SPlatten
            No idea since QLabel does not have any Anchor property.

            so if I set the anchor to bottom right and the alignment to right then any text would be displayed right of the anchor position and could never move past this position.

            If the anchor is bottom right then how can any text be displayed to the right of that?

            I don't understand, so best of luck.

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            @JonB , What I mean is that when the alignment is set to right and the anchor is specified as right that any text is always written to the same X,Y position but instead of it being displayed where each letter advances from X, that the draw function knows the anchor and the alignment is right so it adjusts the start position to allow for the left most character to be displayed where the final character right most position does not go past the initial X,Y position.

            Kind Regards,
            Sy

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            • SPlattenS SPlatten

              @JonB , What I mean is that when the alignment is set to right and the anchor is specified as right that any text is always written to the same X,Y position but instead of it being displayed where each letter advances from X, that the draw function knows the anchor and the alignment is right so it adjusts the start position to allow for the left most character to be displayed where the final character right most position does not go past the initial X,Y position.

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              @SPlatten
              Sounds to me like align right but with a right margin.

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              • JonBJ JonB

                @SPlatten
                Sounds to me like align right but with a right margin.

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                SPlatten
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                @JonB , please explain.

                Kind Regards,
                Sy

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                  mrjj
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                  Hi
                  Im not sure either, I understand the alignment you are after.

                  When I read it, I see like this for me

                  alt text

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    Hi
                    Im not sure either, I understand the alignment you are after.

                    When I read it, I see like this for me

                    alt text

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                    #12

                    @mrjj , that looks like exactly what I am after.

                    Kind Regards,
                    Sy

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                    • SPlattenS SPlatten

                      @mrjj , that looks like exactly what I am after.

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                      mrjj
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                      @SPlatten
                      Oh :)
                      Well its a GridLayout
                      Then all Labels have
                      alt text

                      The Gridlayout has
                      alt text

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                      • mrjjM mrjj

                        @SPlatten
                        Oh :)
                        Well its a GridLayout
                        Then all Labels have
                        alt text

                        The Gridlayout has
                        alt text

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                        @mrjj , actually I think I can do exactly what I want with just the layout and without a margin.

                        Kind Regards,
                        Sy

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                        • mrjjM mrjj

                          @SPlatten
                          Oh :)
                          Well its a GridLayout
                          Then all Labels have
                          alt text

                          The Gridlayout has
                          alt text

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                          JonB
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                          @mrjj So align right with a right margin :)

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