[PySide/QWidget] Screen resize issue between monitor and laptop

[Azzazil]

Hello,

I made a widget for some mechanical engineering calculations. I was developing this while I was on my monitor with screen resolution 1920x1080, while I did some test on my laptop with screen resolution 1366x768 I was surprised that I can't see whole size of my widget. Widget on my laptop screen was choped by limits of my screen on my laptop. Does anybody know how to solve this?

[SGaist]

Hi and welcome to devnet,

The first thing to do if you haven't already is to use layouts to handle placement and sizing of your widgets.

[Azzazil]

@SGaist thanks for your reply, yes I am using also layouts. Maybe it will be better if I show screen shots differences between screens on monitor and laptop.

Laptop screen
Monitor screen

You can see that in monitor example I have back button, and in laptop screen that's choped off.

[SGaist]

What do you mean by "also" ?

Are you using fixed sizes in your GUI ?

[JoeCFD]

add some top margin in the main layout and align your widgets to the top. Or add a spacer at the bottom of the main layout. Do not expect Qt is doing everything for you.

[Azzazil]

@SGaist I was thinking on layout QVBoxLayout in these groupbox, with title "Calculate transverse force" and "Calculate mate force". I am using fixed size for MainWindow size.

[SGaist]

@Azzazil said in [PySide/QWidget] Screen resize issue between monitor and laptop:

I am using fixed size for MainWindow size.

There lies your issue.

You can use a QGridLayout or a combo of QVBoxLayout and QHBoxLayout to place your tree widgets.

[Azzazil]

@JoeCFD I don't expect, I am still learning so I don't know all Qt features.
OK so you propose that I can solve this with setContentsMargins for layouts and widgets? I will give it a shot.

[Azzazil]

@SGaist Thanks for advice, I will try to use them.