Can't remove widget from layout

El3ctroGh0st

Hey,

so I have this piece of code:

void VideoSettings::togglePlaylist(int playlist)
{
    if(playlist == 1)
    {
        if(pSettings == nullptr)
            pSettings = new PlaylistSettings(this);
        ui->playlistLayout->addWidget(pSettings);
    }
    else
    {
        ui->playlistLayout->removeWidget(pSettings);
    }
}

So, I do manage to make it add the new widget. However, for some reason it doesn't remove it from the layout if playlist is not equal to one (I've made a test with QDebug and it does arrive at that part of the code, so that's not the problem). Anyone knows what could be wrong?

VRonin

This is a highly unusual way to manage this. usually you just insert the widget in the layout and then call setVisible with true or false to show/hide it

raven-worx

@El3ctroGh0st said in Can't remove widget from layout:

for some reason it doesn't remove it from the layout

on what test is your assumption based?
I guess you are confused that you still see it in the parent widget?
After removing the widget from the layout it is still a child of the parent widget (as also stated in the docs)
So you either need to hide it and/or give it a new parent widget.

If you want to show the widget again, you do not need to remove it from the layout, but just toggle it's visibility (show()/hide()).