Is it ok to move QWidget outside screen?

[TomNow99]

Hi,

Sometimes I would like to move my QWidget outside the screen for example widget->move(-500,-500). Is is safe and my app will not be crashed? The same question about QPainter and drawText begin at position (-300,-300).

[jsulm]

@TomNow99 said in Is it ok to move QWidget outside screen?:

Is is safe and my app will not be crashed?

You can simply try. But it should not crash because of this. drawText() should also be fine, but I never tested what happens if drawing with negative x/y values.

[ollarch]

If you want to hide your widget you could simply call hide on that widget.

[TomNow99]

@jsulm I tried it and my app will not crash. But maybe I don't know about something important.

@ollarch Sometimes I would like to have a part o QWidget on the screen and the rest outside screen.

[Asperamanca]

Consider that some graphics drivers may just shove the widget back into visible space.