Getting MainWindow's absolute position problem
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Hello there,
I have an application where I created and then show a new dialog on top of my MainWindow. Without setting the geometry, the Dialog is placed in the middle of the MainWindow. What I was trying to do, is to get the MainWindow position and add offset to it and then pass the new X and Y position to Move method. Appereantly, if I understand this correctly, I cannot read the absolute position value of the MainWindow. please, take a look at this method:In the code above I am trying to make the new Dialog appear (show) in the right-down bottom of the MainWindow. Instead, the Dialog is showing with offset starting in the upper right corner of my monitor, not the MainWindow. Is there a way to get the MainWindow absolute position? In the end, what I am trying to do, is to show the dialog on the right-down Side of the MainWindow, like this (moved this by hand):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14154631/diag.png
I Would aprichiate all help!
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Hello there,
I have an application where I created and then show a new dialog on top of my MainWindow. Without setting the geometry, the Dialog is placed in the middle of the MainWindow. What I was trying to do, is to get the MainWindow position and add offset to it and then pass the new X and Y position to Move method. Appereantly, if I understand this correctly, I cannot read the absolute position value of the MainWindow. please, take a look at this method:In the code above I am trying to make the new Dialog appear (show) in the right-down bottom of the MainWindow. Instead, the Dialog is showing with offset starting in the upper right corner of my monitor, not the MainWindow. Is there a way to get the MainWindow absolute position? In the end, what I am trying to do, is to show the dialog on the right-down Side of the MainWindow, like this (moved this by hand):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14154631/diag.png
I Would aprichiate all help!
You can get the absolute position with this->pos(). So it is all in all pretty simple.
auto p = pos();
qDebug() << p;
YourDialog dia(0, this);
p += QPoint(this->width(), this->height());
p -= QPoint(dia.width(), dia.height());
dia.move(p);
dia.exec(); -
You can get the absolute position with this->pos(). So it is all in all pretty simple.
auto p = pos();
qDebug() << p;
YourDialog dia(0, this);
p += QPoint(this->width(), this->height());
p -= QPoint(dia.width(), dia.height());
dia.move(p);
dia.exec();@Richard
Thank you for fast answer. For my example, the code doesnt work the way it should. I dont know either its because I am using pointer to my Dialog object, but I wouldnt say so. Please take a look at this code I have commented it:It seems that pos() doesnt give absolute position... Could you reffer please? Heres a screen showing how the windows line up:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14154631/diag2.png
Please notice that this.pos() and undoDialog->pos() both return (0, 0) when they are created. This means that the positions are at some point relative, not absolute.
Edit: I have read the position of undoDialog when set like this (by hand):
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14154631/diag.pngits (1112, 550), while the top left corner is (0, 0).
It seems that I can get absolute position only after I execute show() method- If I make show() (of mainwindow) to execute before your code, then it works :). -
Are you calling
MainWindow::InitComponents()from the MainWindow's constructor?
In this case you have to know that position and size is not yet initialized at this time...You could use a singleshot-Timer (with interval 0) to schedule
MainWindow::InitComponents()to be run from the eventloop shortly after construction. Then the position should be initialized.
(There's another function to add something to the eventloop that's a better solution, but I can't remember the name...)Edit:
Oops, I see you found the solution yourself... Didn't read your post to the end, sorry ;-)
