[Qt-interest] Swapping out widgets?

[Sean Harmer]

Hi,

On Sunday 20 December 2009 14:46:20 Timothy Reaves wrote:
> 	I'm wanting a UI where I have some buttons on the left, and a frame on 
the
>  right.  When a use clicks on one of the buttons, I'd like to replace the
>  frame on the rights content with a different widget.  I understand the
>  wiring, but I can't figure out how to swap contents.  QFrame has an
>  addChild method, but no remove, and no replace.  What is the correct way
>  to do this?  Unfortunately I can not use tabs, as the window is fairly
>  small, and the tabs text too large (and I'm no good at icons!).

Try using QStackedWidget. This is similar in concept to a tabbed widget but 
you control which widget on the stack is visible by some other means i.e. 
connecting some signal(s) up to setCurrentIndex( int ).

HTH,

Sean