[Qt-interest] Help getting out of Gridlayout Hell

[Jake Colman]

Scott,

But let's say it is not a vertical group box but one with several
strips.  In other words:

label    combobox    label    combobox
label    combobox    label    combobox
label    combobox    label    combobox

I want the above layout in two different groupboxes such that the labels
and comboboxes are aligned.  The labels, however, are not all the same
size.

This seems like a reasonable thing to want to do and does not seem to
violate GUI norms.

...Jake


>>>>> "SAB" == Scott Aron Bloom <Scott.Bloom at sabgroup.com> writes:

   SAB> If I have group box A with sub layout of type vertical, and a group box
   SAB> B with a sub layout of type vertical.
   SAB> Setting each of their margins to the same value, will have both sets of
   SAB> group boxes vertically laid out widgets line up.

   SAB> In code:
   SAB> QWidget * widget = new QWidget;
   SAB> QVBoxLayout * mainVb = new QVBoxLayout( widget );

   SAB> QGroupBox * gb = new QGroupBox;
   SAB> mainVb >addWidget( gb );
   SAB> QVBoxLayout * vb = new QVBoxLayout( gb );

   vb-> addWidget(new QLabel( "label1" ) );
   vb-> addWidget(new QLabel( "label2" ) ); 
   vb-> addWidget(new QLabel( "label3" ) );

   SAB> gb = new QGroupBox;
   SAB> mainVb >addWidget( gb );
   SAB> vb = new QVBoxLayout( gb );
   vb-> addWidget(new QLabel( "label4" ) );
   vb-> addWidget(new QLabel( "label5" ) ); 
   vb-> addWidget(new QLabel( "label6" ) );

   widget-> show();

   SAB> now.. if I add a third widget, that item WILL certainly NOT line up with
   SAB> the sub lablels...

   mainVb-> addWidget( new QLabel( "label7" ) )

   SAB> And in my view it shouldn't, since you grouped the subs anyway

   SAB> Scott

   >> -----Original Message-----
   >> From: qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com [mailto:qt-interest-
   >> bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Jake Colman
   >> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 1:33 PM
   >> To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
   >> Subject: Re: [Qt-interest] Help getting out of Gridlayout Hell
   >> 
   >> 
   >> I'll try it but think of this another way.  How can you create two
   >> independent group boxes that have exactly the same alignment?
   SAB> Remember
   >> that a groupbox uses an internal gridlayout.  The size of each cell in
   >> the grid depends on the cell's contents.  Two independent groupboxes
   >> with independent gridlayout may end up with different sizing.  How do
   >> you make it consistent?
   >> 
   >> 
   >> >>>>> "SAB" == Scott Aron Bloom <Scott.Bloom at sabgroup.com> writes:
   >> 
   SAB> Setting the margins to 0 might help.
   >> 
   >> >> -----Original Message-----
   >> >> From: qt-interest-bounces at trolltech.com [mailto:qt-interest-
   >> >> bounces at trolltech.com] On Behalf Of Jake Colman
   >> >> Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 7:23 PM
   >> >> To: qt-interest at trolltech.com
   >> >> Subject: [Qt-interest] Help getting out of Gridlayout Hell
   >> >>
   >> >>
   >> >> I have a number of widgets that need to be laid out in a grid.
   SAB> This
   SAB> is
   >> >> normally nice and simple.  The problem is that I need to use a
   SAB> groupbox
   >> >> to group some of the widgets in this grid.  The problem is that
   SAB> the
   >> >> widgets in the grid do not align with the widgets in the
   SAB> groupbox.
   SAB> How
   >> >> do I get around this?
   >> >>
   >> >> This is with Qt 3.3 but I don't think layout management changed
   SAB> much
   >> >> between 3.x and 4.x.
   >> >>
   >> >> Thanks for your help.
   >> >>
   >> >> ...Jake
   >> >>
   >> >>
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