How to float QToolbar on creation?

[iko5]

Hello,
I'm struggling to have a toolbar floating when its created.. I have tried attaching the toolbar to the main window and setting setAllowedAreas()'s to Qt::NoToolbarArea but cannot see a correct result.

Also I have tried setting windows flags on the toolbar toolbar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint) and showing it. This does float the toolbar but then i cannot move it.

Any help much appreciated, Matt

[qttrekker]

Not sure if this is what you're looking for but the QToolBar class contains the setFloatable() method.
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class Example : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
Example();

private:
QToolBar *mainToolBar;
};

Example::Example()
{
mainToolBar = addToolBar(tr("Toolbar Name"));
mainToolBar->setMovable(true);
mainToolBar->setFloatable(true);
}
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[iko5]

Ah nope, tired that - i think setFloatable is some sort of attribute that gets read later.. After building code similair to above the toolbar still gets added to the main window ..

[rutsky]

In this thread http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/401 author use

@mainToolBar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);@

with some notes.

[andre]

[quote author="rutsky" date="1330432331"]In this thread http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/401 author use

@mainToolBar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);@

with some notes.

[/quote]
While a helpful comment, I doubt the one dealing with the problem was still looking for a solution a year after posting...

[rutsky]

[quote author="Andre" date="1330432613"]
[quote author="rutsky" date="1330432331"]In this thread http://developer.qt.nokia.com/forums/viewthread/401 author use

@mainToolBar->setWindowFlags(Qt::Tool | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);@

with some notes.

[/quote]
While a helpful comment, I doubt the one dealing with the problem was still looking for a solution a year after posting...
[/quote]

I agree. I posted link to solution that worked for me for people who will search this question in future.

Also here is my complete solution for PySide/PyQt:

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from PySide import QtCore, QtGui
#from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

def main():
qapp = QtGui.QApplication([])

w = QtGui.QMainWindow()

t = QtGui.QToolBar(u"Toolbar")
t.addAction(QtGui.QAction(u"action", w))

w.addToolBar(QtCore.Qt.LeftToolBarArea, t)

w.show()

t.setAllowedAreas(QtCore.Qt.NoToolBarArea)
t.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Vertical)
p = t.mapToGlobal(QtCore.QPoint(0, 0))
t.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.Tool | QtCore.Qt.FramelessWindowHint | QtCore.Qt.X11BypassWindowManagerHint)
t.move(p.x() + 30, p.y() + 50)
t.adjustSize()

t.show()

qapp.exec_()

if name == "main":
main()
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