Added QMenuBar in QDialog it showing but sub menus dosn't open

[umen242]

i added QMenuBar in QDialog using layout that is set in Designer and then manully adding the QMenuBar , when running the application and the QDialog runs i see the QMenuBar with only the menu header without the opening sub menu :
here is my code :
this is the header file generated from the Designer :
@QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE

class Ui_AutoDialog
{
public:
QVBoxLayout *verticalLayout;
QWidget *widget_menuBarHolder;
QVBoxLayout *verticalLayout_2;
QVBoxLayout *verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut;
QWebView *webView;
QWidget *widget;

void setupUi(QDialog *AutoDialog)
{
    if (AutoDialog->objectName().isEmpty())
        AutoDialog->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("AutoDialog"));
    AutoDialog->resize(436, 365);
    verticalLayout = new QVBoxLayout(AutoDialog);
    verticalLayout->setSpacing(0);
    verticalLayout->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
    verticalLayout->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("verticalLayout"));
    widget_menuBarHolder = new QWidget(AutoDialog);
    widget_menuBarHolder->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("widget_menuBarHolder"));
    widget_menuBarHolder->setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 20));
    verticalLayout_2 = new QVBoxLayout(widget_menuBarHolder);
    verticalLayout_2->setSpacing(0);
    verticalLayout_2->setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0);
    verticalLayout_2->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("verticalLayout_2"));
    verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut = new QVBoxLayout();
    verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut->setSpacing(0);
    verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut"));

    verticalLayout_2->addLayout(verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut);


    verticalLayout->addWidget(widget_menuBarHolder);

    webView = new QWebView(AutoDialog);
    webView->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("webView"));
    webView->setUrl(QUrl("about:blank"));

    verticalLayout->addWidget(webView);

    widget = new QWidget(AutoDialog);
    widget->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("widget"));
    widget->setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 20));

    verticalLayout->addWidget(widget);


    retranslateUi(AutoDialog);

    QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName(AutoDialog);
} // setupUi

void retranslateUi(QDialog *AutoDialog)
{
    AutoDialog->setWindowTitle(QApplication::translate("AutoDialog", "Dialog", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));
} // retranslateUi

};

namespace Ui {
class AutoDialog: public Ui_AutoDialog {};
} // namespace Ui

QT_END_NAMESPACE@

and here is the QDialog constructor , the part where is building the QMenuBAr:

@ui.setupUi(this);
/ui.verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut->addWidget(SetMenuBar());
ui.verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut->setMargin(0);
ui.verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut->setSpacing(0);/

m_actionClose = new QAction(this);
m_actionClose->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("actionClose"));
m_actionPreferences = new QAction(this);
m_actionPreferences->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("actionPreferences"));

m_menubar = new QMenuBar(this);
m_menubar->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("menubar"));
m_menubar->setGeometry(QRect(0, 0, 314, 18));
m_menuFile = new QMenu(m_menubar);
m_menuFile->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("menuFile"));
m_menuSettings = new QMenu(m_menubar);
m_menuSettings->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("menuSettings"));

m_menubar->setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 20));
ui.verticalLayout_menuBarLayOut->setMenuBar(m_menubar);
m_menubar->addAction(m_menuFile->menuAction());
m_menubar->addAction(m_menuSettings->menuAction());
m_menuFile->addSeparator();
m_menuFile->addAction(m_actionClose);
m_menuSettings->addAction(m_actionPreferences);

m_actionClose->setText(QApplication::translate("MainWindow", "Close", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));
m_actionPreferences->setText(QApplication::translate("MainWindow", "Preferences", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));
m_menuFile->setTitle(QApplication::translate("MainWindow", "File", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));
m_menuSettings->setTitle(QApplication::translate("MainWindow", "Settings", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));

bar = new QStatusBar(this);
bar->setMinimumSize(QSize(0, 20));
ui.verticalLayout->removeWidget(ui.widget);
ui.verticalLayout->addWidget(bar);
ui.verticalLayout->setMargin(0);
ui.verticalLayout->setSpacing(0);

pb = new QProgressBar(bar);
pb->setTextVisible(false);
pb->hide();

bar->addPermanentWidget(pb);
@

what is wrong here why i can't see the sub menus.. Close & Preferences?

[dangelog]

Can you make a SMALL testcase? Just one file, immediately compileable, which shows the problem?

In any case, you seem to be using a dedicated layout for holding the menubar. Instead, install it into the toplevel layout.

[umen242]

if i install it in the top label layout , then when i build the menubar and add it to the top level in mt code :verticalLayout
the menubar apears after the Qwebkit that is in the bottom
beacose i set it after ui.setupUi(this);

[mehdikarimi]

Use QMenu::AddMenu insted of AddAction in QMenu