[Qt-creator] Problems with Dockwidgets

[Danny Price]

We'll still be here when you come back :)

On 21 Jan 2010, at 22:09, Coda Highland wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Ken Ray <ken at ishere.com> wrote:
>> I tried qt-interest and not much of a response. Note that this test app I'm trying to build is just like the fontsampler demo that comes with creator/QT.  I'm trying to duplicate the dockwidget on the left. How did fontsampler get around this problem ?   It seems to me that if Creator can't hold a layout for more than a few clicks there is a serious flaw. It makes working with all the contents related to that dockwidget a pain in the ass.
>> 
>> I'm going to go play with Mono now to see how there stuff is .
>> 
>> I want some cross platform development that is stable. but if none is stable , then I guess it's back to VS .net ..
> 
> Mono is pretty gimped, sadly. Most of the "good" .NET stuff is
> Microsoft-only junk that's only available on Windows. Even Java would
> be preferable to .NET if you want cross-platform compatibility.
> 
> You happened to hit on the one thing I don't like about Qt: dock
> widgets. I've never had a lot of luck with them, and when I do use
> them I develop with code, not Designer. There's several things that
> they don't do quite right. But don't let that one widget turn you off
> to the toolkit as a whole. Qt's very stable and very robust, and it's
> the best toolkit available for writing apps that look native on all
> supported platforms.
> 
> Consider possibly using some other solution if dock widgets in
> Designer aren't working for you. Maybe construct the dock widgets in
> code, or maybe use some non-docking solution.
> 
> /s/ Adam
> 
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