[Qt-interest] Dynamic Layout Management

[Marco Borm]

I think you should create a small example and submit a bug on that issue.

Shawn Badger wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Shawn Badger <shawnbadger at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am running into a problem that I can't seem to find an answer to.
>> My scenario is simple.  I have a central widget that contains two
>> child widgets in a horizontal layout, like so:
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> |         |                           |
>> |         |                           |
>> |    1   |            2             |
>> |         |                           |
>> |         |                           |
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> I need the ability to show only widget #1, or #2, or both at the same
>> time, and have the window grow/shrink accordingly.  When I hide #1 and
>> then call resize(0,0), the window correctly shrinks to the size of #2.
>>  And when I show #1, it grows back to the size of #1+#2.  However, if
>> I hide #2, I cannot get the window to shrink down to the size of #1.
>> It's like the size hint does not get updated correctly.
>>
>> Does anyone know how to get the behaviour I am looking for, without
>> having to force a fixed geometry?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shawn
>>
>>     
>
> Ok, I ended up figuring out a way to do this.  Rather than show #1
> then hide #2, I reversed the order of operations to hide #2 and then
> show #1.  This works exactly as I had hoped.  I'm not sure why Qt
> behaves differently in the two cases.  They seem like equivalent
> operations to me.
>
> Shawn
>
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