Get real top left corner of QToolButton

[cerr]

Hi,

I have a QToolButton placed on a screen with features multiple frames and other layout widgets and I would like to extend other widgets on click of the button but for positioning of that custom widget, I need to find the top left corner of the QToolButton, I've tried btn.x() and btn.y() but the coordinates returned do clearly not align with the actual position of the button. I wrote a little test program which does not feature any layouts and btn.x() and btn.y() seem to be returning the correct values. How do I get the real position if the QToolButton is positioned inside layouts?

[Pl45m4]

@cerr

If your QToolButton is located in your widget (the one you want to map to), you can use mapToParent or mapTo(widget).
If it's not a direct parent, you could mapToGlobal first and then mapFromGlobal to get the point in your widget's coordinates.

[SGaist]

Hi,

QWidget::x value is relative to its parent, did you take that into account ?

[cerr]

@SGaist said in Get real top left corner of QToolButton:

Hi,

QWidget::x value is relative to its parent, did you take that into account ?

OIps, you're right: "This property holds the x coordinate of the widget relative to its parent including any window frame"
I want to get the absolute display position and should be looking at QRect then I guess... Thanks!

[mrjj]

@cerr
Hi
You should have a look at
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#mapToGlobal

if you by "absolute display position" mean the x,y on the screen.

[cerr]

@mrjj

if you by "absolute display position" mean the x,y on the screen.

I see, I wasn't particular enough, I actually mean the position in the Window. I will look at the link, Thank you!

[Pl45m4]

@cerr

If your QToolButton is located in your widget (the one you want to map to), you can use mapToParent or mapTo(widget).
If it's not a direct parent, you could mapToGlobal first and then mapFromGlobal to get the point in your widget's coordinates.