Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).

jenya7

I failed to find a component like SplitContainer in Visual Studio.
I failed to find a Dock property that allows to a child component stretch with a parent component - left, right, all.

aha_1980

@jenya7

Regarding 2: you could have a look at https://forum.qt.io/topic/98549/qt-advanced-docking-system

Regards

jenya7

@aha_1980 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

@jenya7

Regarding 2: you could have a look at https://forum.qt.io/topic/98549/qt-advanced-docking-system

Regards

Thank you. How can I put this bunch of the code in my project? It says - Open the ads.pro with QtCreator and start the build, that's it. Then what? Do I get any dll? Another point - my app should run on Linux - it supports Ubuntu 19.10 and Kubuntu 18.04 and Kubuntu 19.10. But my app runs on Debian lower version.

mrjj

Hi
What does a split container do ?
There is QSlitter that can divide a widget into 2 resizeable parts.
But since i dont know the VS version its hard to recommend how to get same effect.

jenya7

@mrjj said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

Hi
What does a split container do ?
There is QSlitter that can divide a widget into 2 resizeable parts.
But since i dont know the VS version its hard to recommend how to get same effect.

It's like two panels separated with a line. If I move this line up/down - one panel grows and the other shrinks, and vice versa.
Can not say anything about QSlitter - I don't see it in the visual components tab.

jenya7

I'm shocked a little bit. I'm stuck at simple things, afraid to look further...

mrjj

@jenya7
Hi
That really sounds like a QSplitter.
Try select 2 widgets and right-click, from the layout sub menu, you can choose a splitter.
That will place the selected widgets in a layout that allows resizing the 2 parts.

jenya7

@mrjj said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

@jenya7
Hi
That really sounds like a QSplitter.
Try select 2 widgets and right-click, from the layout sub menu, you can choose a splitter.
That will place the selected widgets in a layout that allows resizing the 2 parts.

Thanks a lot. It works good. The same way should be option to dock components, shouldn't it? can not find...

mrjj

@jenya7 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

dock components,

Hi
What do you mean by that ?
The only dockable widges are DockWidgets that can both float as windows and be embedded
into a widget/form. However it can contain any other widget you want.

Any widget can be embedded into any widget using layouts but im not sure if you mean that by
dock components ?

jenya7

@mrjj said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

@jenya7 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

dock components,

Hi
What do you mean by that ?
The only dockable widges are DockWidgets that can both float as windows and be embedded
into a widget/form. However it can contain any other widget you want.

Any widget can be embedded into any widget using layouts but im not sure if you mean that by
dock components ?

I have a tabWidget on a MainWindow. When I resize the MainWindow, make it bigger, the tabWidget stays the same size, it looks ugly. I want it to stretch along with the MainWindow.

The same goes for the components on the tab - they should resize along with the tab.

Christian Ehrlicher

Take a look at Qt Layout Management

jenya7

@Christian-Ehrlicher said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

Take a look at Qt Layout Management

I think it refers to Qt Quick Application where I create the visual components in my program. In my case - Qt Widget Application - can't grasp it - how can apply this layout to my widgets I drag from the components tab?

artwaw

@jenya7 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

Qt Layout Management

Same. Please read about following the link provided by @mrjj
You can set layouts programmatically or do it via designer. Once everything is set properly you will get what you need (from the designer you can test using tools -> form editor -> preview.

Christian Ehrlicher

@jenya7 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

I think it refers to Qt Quick Application

No, the link is correct for QtWidgets.

jenya7

@artwaw said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

@jenya7 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

Qt Layout Management

Same. Please read about following the link provided by @mrjj
You can set layouts programmatically or do it via designer. Once everything is set properly you will get what you need (from the designer you can test using tools -> form editor -> preview.

How do I do it via designer?

artwaw

@jenya7 RTFM please

jenya7

@artwaw said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

@jenya7 RTFM please

Thank you. It works.

Pablo J. Rogina

@jenya7 said in Some questions regarding visual components (widgets).:

Thank you. It works.

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