Multiple Widget Containers

Basstrom

I'm relatively new to Qt and C++ programming, I've got the framework of what a program I want to build looks like, however I'm wondering if it's possible to create a number of widget containers on the go? ie If I tell it to create 4 it will do that for me, without having to recompile the program each time?

I'd like to load a CSV file, read the number of columns and create that number of widget containers to display different data.

It's for a race tracking program, each column will be a different competitor and show their current laptimes and previous laptimes

Thanks for the help :)

JohanSolo

Hi and welcome!

Sure you can, the ideal container would most probably be QVector, in which you would store pointers on your widgets.

QVector< QWidget* > container;

for ( unsigned i( 0u ); i < N; ++i )
{
    container.append( new MyWidget() );
}

Assuming N is either provided via command-line argument of deduced from the CSV file you're referring to.

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Since you want to show things in columns, what about using a QTableWidget or QTableView + a model ?

Basstrom

Thanks for the suggestions guys, will have an investigation this afternoon when I get on my computer.

Would either way work with displaying different information?

I'm trying to visualise how it will give each a different name. Is it possible to append each widget name with a number? If I call the widget bikeinfo, Say bikeinfo1 for bike 1, bikeinfo2 for bike 2 etc?

mrjj

@Basstrom

Hi both ways would work with different information.
It is possible to give each widget a name with number if needed.

But if you are aiming for something that would be a table then
it is far more work to create a widget for each column than to
use a QTableWidget as sgaist suggests.

    ui->table->setRowCount ( 1 );
    ui->table->setColumnCount ( 3 );
    ui->table->setSizePolicy ( QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Expanding );
    ui->table->setHorizontalHeaderLabels ( QString ( "Name;Track Time;Prev Track Time" ).split ( ";" ) );
    //Add Table items here
    ui->table->setItem ( 0, 0, new QTableWidgetItem ( "Michael Schumacher" ) );
    ui->table->setItem ( 0, 1, new QTableWidgetItem ( "22.55" ) );
    ui->table->setItem ( 0, 2, new QTableWidgetItem ( "44.3" ) );