Why setHorizontalSpacing() is not working?

Abhay Salvi

I have a QT Application that uses a GridLayout. I want to decrease the spacing between the widgets but it doesn't. If I set glay1.setHorizontalSpacing() to 60 then it increases the space, but if I want to decrease it then it's not working :(

Here is the code below:

    right = QtWidgets.QWidget(label)
    right.setStyleSheet("""border: none;""")
    right.setContentsMargins(16, 16, 0, 0)

    glay1 = QtWidgets.QGridLayout(right)
    glay1.setSpacing(18)
    glay1.addWidget(vtext, 0, 0)         # the SERVICE text
    glay1.addWidget(vtext1, 1, 0)        # the home icon 
    glay1.setHorizontalSpacing(0)
    glay1.addWidget(butt1, 1, 1)         # the Home text

The following code will give the output:

I want to decrease the space between the home icon and button. What I am doing wrong here?

JonB

@Abhay-Salvi
Further to my learned colleague @jsulm 's remark. Have a look at overload void QGridLayout::addWidget(QWidget *widget, int fromRow, int fromColumn, int rowSpan, int columnSpan, Qt::Alignment alignment = Qt::Alignment()), https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qgridlayout.html#addWidget-2, which would allow you to span the SERVICES label across two columns so that the HOME text can move closer to its label.

A separate matter is whether you need a grid layout here for what you are going to do with further items. A list of items with icons, or even a menu with icons, might be more appropriate.

jsulm

@Abhay-Salvi This is because of the SERVICE label which takes some space, so first column has a minimum width of SERVICES label.

JonB

@Abhay-Salvi
Further to my learned colleague @jsulm 's remark. Have a look at overload void QGridLayout::addWidget(QWidget *widget, int fromRow, int fromColumn, int rowSpan, int columnSpan, Qt::Alignment alignment = Qt::Alignment()), https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qgridlayout.html#addWidget-2, which would allow you to span the SERVICES label across two columns so that the HOME text can move closer to its label.

A separate matter is whether you need a grid layout here for what you are going to do with further items. A list of items with icons, or even a menu with icons, might be more appropriate.

Abhay Salvi

@Denni-0 Thanks for your answer :) I got it