[Solved] Frame style for a group of buttons?

[dcortesi]

I would like to display a group of radio buttons inside a "sunken" frame. (Yes, I know, modern style is flat. Humor me.) Just a rectangular border in the manner of a QFrame with frame shape StyledPanel and frameShadow "sunken", surrounding my radio set.

QFrame is not actually a container. I do not want to use a QGroupBox because I do not want a title or space for a title -- in any case, I don't see how to set the frame properties of a group box. Right now I am using an HBoxLayout to contain the buttons but it does not allow for any styling. There is some idea I am not understanding...

[raven-worx]

[quote author="dcortesi" date="1383783235"]
QFrame is not actually a container. I do not want to use a QGroupBox because I do not want a title or space for a title[/quote]
i don't know what you don't like about QFrame. QGroupBoix and QFrame are both widgets. QGroupBox just renders differently...
So QFrame would be fine to use.

[Jeroentjehome]

Hi,
Think altering the stylesheet of the QFrame will do the trick., but like Raven mentioned, QFrame and QGroupbox are in basic the same with some small rendering differences.

[dcortesi]

Thank you for the input but there is still something I just don't see. Explain like I'm five... I am trying this code (Python):
@ radio_frame = QFrame()
radio_frame.setFrameStyle(QFrame.StyledPanel)
radio_frame.setFrameShadow(QFrame.Sunken)
radio_frame.setLineWidth(3)
btn_unicode = QRadioButton('Unicode',radio_frame)
btn_unicode.setChecked(True) #start with unicode selected
btn_html = QRadioButton('HTML',radio_frame)@
This should make the two buttons children of the radio_frame, no? But when I addWidget(radio_frame) to a HBoxLayout, nothing appears. It is as if it had zero width, it just does not appear.

If instead I do this:
@ radio_hb = QHBoxLayout()
btn_unicode = QRadioButton('Unicode',radio_frame)
btn_unicode.setChecked(True) #start with unicode selected
btn_html = QRadioButton('HTML',radio_frame)
radio_hb.addWidget(btn_unicode)
radio_hb.addWidget(btn_html)
@
I can addLayout(radio_hb) and the buttons appear, but of course with no style on their enclosure.

[raven-worx]

setup your QFrame object like you already had. Add the buttons to your layout object. And finally set the layout on your widget. Now your widgets should appear with a border surrounded.

btw. i don't think explaining programming to a five year old is easier :P

[dcortesi]

OK, thank you! What I was missing was that you can use .setLayout() on any widget including a frame.

So you make the frame you want, and you put the buttons in a box layout (which makes them exclusive), and you set that layout on the frame, which positions the buttons over the frame shape.