[Interest] MDI Subwindow with border, but no title

Murphy, Sean smurphy at walbro.com
Thu Mar 10 14:25:07 CET 2016


> > Is there a way to remove the title bar from an MDI Subwindow, but retain
> the resizable border all the way around? I'm trying to get more screen real
> estate for the subwindow contents, and I don't really have any need for
> titles. I do however want the user to be able to resize the subwindow.
> >
> > With
> >    QMdiSubWindow* newSub = mdiArea->addSubWindow(child);
> > I've tried a couple options:
> >    1.  newSub->setWindowFlags(Qt::CustomizeWindowHint);    // hides
> buttons, but still leaves larger size
> >    2.  newSub->setWindowFlags(Qt::Window | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);
> // hides all window borders so nothing can get resized or moved
> >
> > Option 1 retains removes the title and minimize/close buttons, but retains
> the same height as if those were still there - I'm assuming to present a
> separate handle to move the subwindow within the MDI area?
> >
> > Option 2 removes everything, making it where the user can't move or
> resize the sub window.
> >
> > I'm ok with losing the move handle on the subwindow just to get those
> vertical pixels back, I'll figure out some other way to allow the user to move
> widgets around.
> >
> Try setting a plain QWidget instance as the title bar widget.

How do I replace the title bar widget? Am I looking for a function that does this for me, or something else?
Sean 


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