How to float QToolbar on creation?

iko5

Hello,
I'm struggling to have a toolbar floating when its created.. I have tried attaching the toolbar to the main window and setting setAllowedAreas()'s to Qt::NoToolbarArea but cannot see a correct result.

Also I have tried setting windows flags on the toolbar toolbar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint) and showing it. This does float the toolbar but then i cannot move it.

Any help much appreciated, Matt

qttrekker

Not sure if this is what you're looking for but the QToolBar class contains the setFloatable() method.
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class Example : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
Example();

private:
QToolBar *mainToolBar;
};

Example::Example()
{
mainToolBar = addToolBar(tr("Toolbar Name"));
mainToolBar->setMovable(true);
mainToolBar->setFloatable(true);
}
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iko5

Ah nope, tired that - i think setFloatable is some sort of attribute that gets read later.. After building code similair to above the toolbar still gets added to the main window ..

rutsky

In this thread http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/401 author use

@mainToolBar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);@

with some notes.

andre

[quote author="rutsky" date="1330432331"]In this thread http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/401 author use

@mainToolBar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);@

with some notes.

[/quote]
While a helpful comment, I doubt the one dealing with the problem was still looking for a solution a year after posting...

rutsky

[quote author="Andre" date="1330432613"]
[quote author="rutsky" date="1330432331"]In this thread http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/401 author use

@mainToolBar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);@

with some notes.

[/quote]
While a helpful comment, I doubt the one dealing with the problem was still looking for a solution a year after posting...
[/quote]

I agree. I posted link to solution that worked for me for people who will search this question in future.

Also here is my complete solution for PySide/PyQt:

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from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
#from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

def main():
qapp = QtGui.QApplication([])

w = QtGui.QMainWindow()

t = QtGui.QToolBar(u"Toolbar")
t.addAction(QtGui.QAction(u"action", w))

w.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.LeftToolBarArea, t)

w.show()

t.setAllowedAreas(QtCore.Qt.NoToolBarArea)
t.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Vertical)
p = t.mapToGlobal(QtCore.QPoint(0, 0))
t.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.Tool | QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint | QtCore.Qt.X11BypassWindowManagerHint)
t.move(p.x() + 30, p.y() + 50)
t.adjustSize()

t.show()

qapp.exec_()

if name == "main":
main()
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