[SOLVED] Adding image to a layout

[holygirl]

On my mainwindow form, I have another form as the central widget which acts as a container for several other widgets that are part of a horizontal box layout. I want to add an image as the background for this layout. How do I go about adding a background to a layout (QHBoxLayout or QVBoxLayout)?

Thanks.

[Sam]

you can use stylesheets for that , eg

@QMainWindow
{
background-image: url(:/files/Images/img.jpg);
}

QWidget#centralWidget
{
background-image: url(:/files/Images/img.jpg);
}@

[holygirl]

Thanks for the reply Sam. I am not looking to add a background image for the whole widget. Its only for a layout inside the widget. So the image would look like a ribbon at the bottom of the screen over which the widgets are placed

[tilsitt]

As Sam told you, you can use stylesheets for that. If it's only for a layout inside the widget, then just use stylesheet on that layout inside the widget with the correct selector.

[holygirl]

But layouts don't have an option to set stylesheets. Do they? I mean, I'm using a horizontal layout inside my widget. I tried using stylesheets as

@
QLabel#insertimage
{
background-image: url(path.png);
background-position: top left;
}
@

and my source file has

@
mainlayout->setObjectName("insertimage");
@

But I'm not able to do something like

@
mainlayout.setStyleSheet("");
@

[tilsitt]

Yes, my apologies. QLayout can't have a stylesheet. My english isn't perfect, so I didn't understand if your layout is empty or not. If your layout is not empty, one solution is to encapsulate the contents in a widget, then you can use stylesheet on it. If your layout is empty, add en empty widget to it, then you can use stylesheet (or add a QLabel and fill it with your image).

[holygirl]

Thanks tilsitt. I actually have a lot of encapsulation going on in my class. So I was wondering if there was any way to apply the background other than re encapsulating it in a widget. Well, I guess not. Thank you again

[ManasQt]

@Well, you could do set Background image with QFrame,

PySide code:

class MyMainWindow(QFrame):
def init(self,parent=None):
QFrame.init(self, parent)

    palette=QPalette()
    pixmap=QPixmap("images/apples.gif")
    brush=QBrush(pixmap)
    frame_layout=QVBoxLayout()

    self.setFixedSize(300,300)
    self.setFrameStyle(QFrame.Box)
    self.setWindowTitle("QFrame Set Background Image Example")

    #set QFrame Border Width 4 pixels
    self.setLineWidth(4)
    self.setLayout(frame_layout)
    
    btn1=QPushButton(self)
    btn1.setText("Button 1")
    frame_layout.addWidget(btn1)
    palette.setBrush(QPalette.Background,brush)
    self.setPalette(palette)

set things up, and run it. :)

if name == 'main':
app = QApplication(sys.argv)
w = MyMainWindow()
w.show()
app.exec_()
sys.exit()@

[holygirl]

Hi ManasQt!

     I'm sorry but I'm using C++ and I suppose your code is Python. 

[ManasQt]

Well , here you go!

@#include <QtGui>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);

  QFrame*   frame    = new QFrame();
  QPalette*  palette   = new QPalette(); 
  QPixmap*   pixmap    = new QPixmap("images/apples.gif");
  QBrush*   brush    = new QBrush(*pixmap);
  QVBoxLayout*  frame_layout    = new QVBoxLayout(); 
  
  frame->setFixedSize(300,300);
  frame->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
  frame->setWindowTitle("QFrame Set Background Image Example");      
  //Set QFrame Border Width 4 Pixels
  frame->setLineWidth(4);
  frame->setLayout(frame_layout );

  frame_layout ->addWidget(new QPushButton("Click me!"));
  
  palette->setBrush(QPalette::Background,*brush);
  frame->setPalette(*palette);  
  
  frame->show();      
  
  return app.exec();

}@

[holygirl]

Thank you! I will try it out today :)