get mainwindow size?

JoeCFD

All windows can be obtained from QGuiApplication::allWindows(). The main window can be found with a loop over all windows. Then its size can be obtained.

Is there any easier way to get mainwindow size of a Qt app? I need it deep in my Qt app.

JonB

@JoeCFD
In a word, "No". If you need to access the main window (or any other window) from deep down in code you do need a helper function like you have found. You can make yours (maybe) a bit faster: I used QGuiApplication::topLevelWindows() for top-level only (no parent) as that will be what main window is, I don't know if Qt can produce that faster than allWindows().

I found it fine, speed-wise. Of course if you do it a lot you could always cache the result fur re-use.

I prefer this to saving some "globally accessible variable" which you set with the main window when you first create it. But of course that would be fast.

CP71

@JoeCFD
Hi.
I never did this, but a possible workaround is:

In your virtual void QMainWindow::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event); you can store the size of application in variables where all your code can access them.

It is only an idea! :)

JoeCFD

@CP71 Unluckily global variables are not encouraged.

JoeCFD

@JonB Thanks for your reply. I tried both which are same in my app. No overhead issue. I expected to use one func call to get it. I will mark my post as solved.

CP71

@JoeCFD said in get mainwindow size?:

Unluckily global variables are not encouraged.

Correct!
No global variables, somewhere like a core manager, view manager, data manager and so on. Objects that normally are visible quite everywhere. ;)

SGaist

Hi,

Out of curiosity, why do you need that information deep in your code ?

JoeCFD

@SGaist I need to pop-up some dialogs and their sizes are scaled with mainwindow size. The sizes of dialogs and their children are set by professional UI designers.