Aligning QTabBars in Grid Layout

Droid07

For the project I'm working on I'd like to create a layout in which I have three different QTabBars on the sides of a QStackedWidget - The North, West, and East sides. I will use a combination of those selected tabs to determine what widget in the stack will be shown.

My problem is how I can style these QTabBars. Right now the North bar stretches across the entire StackedWidget, and the East and West TabBars are centered. I want them all to have regular tab sizes and alight in the upper left and upper right corners.

Any ideas on how I can do that?

Helper function:

QTabBar* ProjectTabView::TabGenerator(QTabBar::Shape shape){
    QTabBar* tabBar = new QTabBar();
    tabBar->setShape(shape);
    return tabBar;
}

Body of code:

    QGridLayout* gridLayout = new QGridLayout();
    this->setLayout(gridLayout);

    QTabBar* unitTabs = TabGenerator(QTabBar::RoundedEast);
    unitTabs->addTab("Unit");
    unitTabs->setStyleSheet("QTabBar {border: 1px solid black}");
    QTabBar* subsystemTabs = TabGenerator(QTabBar::RoundedNorth);
    subsystemTabs->addTab("Subsystem");
    QTabBar* logOrStateTabs = TabGenerator(QTabBar::RoundedWest);
    logOrStateTabs->addTab("Log");

    QStackedWidget* mainView = new QStackedWidget();

    gridLayout->addWidget(subsystemTabs, 0, 1);
    gridLayout->addWidget(logOrStateTabs, 1, 0);
    gridLayout->addWidget(mainView, 1, 1);
    gridLayout->addWidget(unitTabs, 1, 2);

SGaist

Hi and welcome to devnet,

Can you show a picture of what you would like to achieve ?

Droid07

Ended up figuring this out using Spacers. New Grid code below:

QGridLayout* gridLayout = new QGridLayout();
this->setLayout(gridLayout);

QTabBar* unitTabs = TabGenerator(QTabBar::RoundedEast);
unitTabs->addTab("Unit");
QTabBar* subsystemTabs = TabGenerator(QTabBar::RoundedNorth);
subsystemTabs->addTab("Subsystem");
QTabBar* logOrStateTabs = TabGenerator(QTabBar::RoundedWest);
logOrStateTabs->addTab("Log");

QStackedWidget* mainView = new QStackedWidget();

QSpacerItem* leftVertSpacer = new QSpacerItem(1,1,QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
QSpacerItem* rightVertSpacer = new QSpacerItem(1,1,QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Expanding);
QSpacerItem* topHorizSpacer = new QSpacerItem(1,1,QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Minimum);

gridLayout->addWidget(subsystemTabs, 0, 1);
gridLayout->addWidget(logOrStateTabs, 1, 0);
gridLayout->addWidget(mainView, 1, 1, 2, 2);
gridLayout->addWidget(unitTabs, 1, 3);
gridLayout->addItem(leftVertSpacer, 2,0);
gridLayout->addItem(topHorizSpacer, 0,2);
gridLayout->addItem(rightVertSpacer, 2, 3);