Prevent horizontal spacer from taking up widget's space

[shreya_agrawal]

Output without spacer:

Output with spacer:

I want all 3 buttons to be visible even while using horizontal spacers on both sides of the buttons' widget.

Size Policies:
Left Spacer: Minimum Expanding
Right Spacer: Minimum Expanding
Buttons' Widget: Expanding

I have tried different combination of policies. I want to know if a property exists to prevent the spacers from taking up the space of the widget.

[Shrishashank]

// Assuming a horizontal layout with: [Left Spacer] [Buttons Widget] [Right Spacer]

// Set a minimum width for the buttons widget so it doesn't get squished
buttonsWidget.setMinimumWidth(preferredWidth);

// You can also set stretch factors if your layout manager supports it
layout.setStretchFactor(leftSpacer, 1);
// Higher priority for space
layout.setStretchFactor(buttonsWidget, 10);
layout.setStretchFactor(rightSpacer, 1);

[jsulm]

@shreya_agrawal Please provide more information (ideally also code): Where exactly did you put the spacers?