QMdiSubWindow: is it possible to add menu strip?

zulu

Hi ALL,
I have created a MDI interface with several sub windows (QMdiSubWindow).
I want to add menu bar at the top but form editor does not allow me to do that.
It is probably because QMdiSubWindow window is inherited from QWidget?
Cant i implement that?

mrjj

Hi
menu strip is menu bar ? like MainWindow has ?
While you cannot do it in Design mode, it is possible to insert such menu
via code. However, you need to add a layout also to keep it at top .

like

void MainWindow::on_pushButton_released()
{
    // create new window
    QMdiSubWindow *subWindow1 = new QMdiSubWindow(ui->mdiArea);
    subWindow1->resize(300, 100);
    // create new widget for the mdi window ( the inner ) 
    QWidget *myWidget = new QWidget(subWindow1);
    myWidget->show();
    // make layout and a menu bar
    QVBoxLayout *boxLayout = new QVBoxLayout(myWidget);
    QMenuBar *menuBar = new QMenuBar();
    QMenu *fileMenu = new QMenu("File");
    menuBar->addMenu(fileMenu);
    fileMenu->addAction("Save");
    fileMenu->addAction("Exit");
    // assign menubar to widget
    boxLayout->setMenuBar(menuBar);

    // set widget to the MDI window
    subWindow1->setWidget(myWidget);
    subWindow1->show();
}

alt text

zulu

Thanks a lot
that is exactly what i needed
It seems editor only allow to set menu bar to QMainWindow class :(