[Qt-interest] Twitching Dialog layout

David Boddie david.boddie at nokia.com
Wed Feb 3 20:48:32 CET 2010


BRM wrote:

> I have a layout that has essentially three columns of widgets, with the
> center column containing text that changes during the run of the program
> based on events. The text updates on a very regular basis (at least
> 1/second if not more). This update is causing the layout to occasionally
> adjust, giving it a heartbeat effect - or twitch. This twitching behavior
> is undesirable, and it was suggested that I use a fixed-width font.

You could also set the size policy for those widgets to use something that
won't cause the layout to change. It might take some experimentation.

David
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David Boddie
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