Somehow the layout got messed up in Qt Creator. Hints?

[andi456]

Hi,

for some reason the layout of my little program got all but messed up after I played around with the layout of the central widget and then reverted the changes. I guess there are code remains left in the .ui file, but I'm not sure, what I should do now. Maybe I should remove all layouts step by step. So any hint would be appreciated.

Kind regards,

Andreas

[jsulm]

@andi456 A version control system like Git is very helpful in such situations :-)
Did you try to simply undo your changes (Ctrl-Z)?

[andi456]

Well, other problems prevented this approach because of which I had to restart Qt Creator. (Keyboard shortcuts not working anymore for some unknown reason...) There must be some code left that is being compiled without my permission.
;-)

mainwindow.ui contains the following lines about a layout that is not accessible in visual mode:

  <widget class="QWidget" name="centralwidget">
   <widget class="QWidget" name="layoutWidget">
    <property name="geometry">
     <rect>
      <x>30</x>
      <y>300</y>
      <width>998</width>
      <height>412</height>
     </rect>
    </property>

[Anonymous_Banned275]

@andi456 Have you try "break layout" ?
No need for git , just make another copy of your full layout before you start moving / removing stuff. Also if possible "group" your widgets in sort of puzzle style blocks. . It gets little more manageable - I look at that as a "comments" in code , it looks cluttered but stuff can be easy to move around in case of mishap.

[andi456]

Yes I broke up the layout of the central widget, but it didn't really work and messed up the whole layout.

[Anonymous_Banned275]

@andi456 That is pretty "normal" - loosing the layout. As long as you have the "piece parts" you can put it back together.
Does the project still compile / build? Would it help to post the form here ?

[andi456]

Well, I started from scratch, as I can use the old code. But, what do you mean by "puzzle style blocks"? The way I want to proceed is by grouping together those widgets that belong together (a label and a lineedit for example) in a horizontal or vertical layout and put those layouts in a group layout. This time I will make a backup of the .ui file before I experiment with the layout of the central widget....