Why I'm not secceed to change the posiyion of the button? helpp c++ qt

[RuWex]

Hi!
I wrote that code:

QGridLayout *mainLayout = new QGridLayout;
     QPushButton *button = new QPushButton("START TESTING", this);

     mainLayout->addWidget(button, 5,6,5,2);

     button->show();

but its ignore that line:

mainLayout->addWidget(button, 5,6,5,2);

Anyone know why???

[JonB]

@RuWex
It does not "ignore that line". Your widget is added onto the QGridLayout, at the position and with the span you specified.

Having said that, in the code you show the QGridLayout itself is not added onto any widget.

[RuWex]

@JonB so what can I do?

[JonB]

@RuWex What can you do in what way?

[RuWex]

@JonB I want to change the location, but only he currently in my program has a layout?

[JonB]

@RuWex
QLayouts have to be added onto QWidgets, so that when you add child widgets onto that you are controlling where they appear. Your this here must be a QWidget. Assuming that is the parent widget whose layout you want to set, you need to add

this->setLayout(mainLayout);

However, if your this is a QMainWindow --- I don't know because you don't say --- then that is not the right thing to do.

[RuWex]

@JonB said in Why I'm not secceed to change the posiyion of the button? helpp c++ qt:

this->setLayout(mainLayout);

yes, my this- *mainWindow:(
so what can I do?

[albayenes]

@RuWex

@RuWex said in Why I'm not secceed to change the posiyion of the button? helpp c++ qt:

@JonB said in Why I'm not secceed to change the posiyion of the button? helpp c++ qt:

this->setLayout(mainLayout);

yes, my this- *mainWindow:(
so what can I do?

Try this

QWidget *widget = new QWidget();
widget->setLayout(mainLayout);
setCentralWidget(widget);

[JonB]

@RuWex
When you choose to use a QMainWindow it already has a very specific layout, shown in https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qmainwindow.html#details. You should start by looking carefully at that. If you do not want the "furniture" added by QMainWindow --- like menu/toolbar/statusbar all surrounding a "central widget" --- then you probably should not be using it, e.g. a plain QWidget would probably suffice.

But let's say you do want a QMainWindow. Then in that picture you must put all your stuff in that Central Widget area. And you must start by giving that area a QWidget. And you can set that widget's layout. So for your case you probably want:

QWidget *centralWidget = new QWidget;
this->setCentralWidget(centralWidget);    // `this` is a `QMainWindow`
QGridLayout *mainLayout = new QGridLayout;
centralWidget->setLayout(mainLayout);
QPushButton *button = new QPushButton("START TESTING");
mainLayout->addWidget(button, 5,6,5,2);

[RuWex]

@JonB , @albayenes
I tried both of your ways
The problem is that it takes up the whole window for me and you can't see the rest of the window, and beyond that I want it to disappear after they click on it.
what can we do?

[JonB]

@RuWex said in Why I'm not secceed to change the posiyion of the button? helpp c++ qt:

I tried both of your ways

They are the same way, and they work, as per your question.

The problem is that it takes up the whole window for me and you can't see the rest of the window, and beyond that I want it to disappear after they click on it.

what can we do?

You need to define what you want, we don't know. You might want to show a screenshot with what you have and explain what you want.

[RuWex]

@JonB
this is my window now:

and In the gray square there should have been a cube. that I opened
see what was before:

[JonB]

@JonB
You have (for unknown reason) placed a button at row #5 column #6 and spanning 5 rows and 2 columns. It's not going to make much sense, is perhaps not what you intend, and will move around when you place other widgets on the grid layout.

I know nothing about "In the gray square there should have been a cube. that I opened",

The second shot shows about what I expect when you didn't use any layout. If the 3 lines of text there were deliberate you would need to put them into the layout now if you expect to see them.