Make a UI that stretches well

BoGut

Good day fellow QT'ers, hope everyone is well. Was wondering how I'd go about making this stretchable? I read the Layout Guide in the QT docs and can't seem to get around the topic well. Thanks

Pl45m4

@BoGut

You just placed your stuff on your form, right?

Right-click onto your dialog and set one or more layouts (Grid, Horizontal, Vertical or FormLayout).

Play around a bit and rearrange everything until you get your desired result :)

(You can also move in QLayouts directly by picking them in QtDesigner's Tool Menubar and dragging them onto your dialog. Then you can fill them with the QWidgets you want to use)

Edit:

Do you use any layout right now? How does your widget tree on the right of QtDesigner look like?

BoGut

Correct, I just placed the labels onto the form. There's no layout at all right now. When I compile and run, dragging the window edges leaves the labels in place, can I make them stretch out evenly and uniformly?

JKSH

@BoGut said in Make a UI that stretches well:

can I make them stretch out evenly and uniformly?

As @Pl45m4 said, apply a layout: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/designer-layouts.html

BoGut

Perfect, I right-clicked the top-level item Dialog QDialog and selected a Grid layout. Tested it and it stretches perfectly, thanks!

Pl45m4

@BoGut

The red, crossed circle icon next to your QDialog indicates that this widget is missing a layout :)

BoGut

@Pl45m4 Thanks for heads up, didn't know that.