[Qt-interest] Organize Qt Designer UI objects in hierarchy

[John McClurkin]

Dr. X wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am using Qt Designer to design a GUI with objects embedded in another 
> object. For instance, I have both a QSlider and QDateEdit in a QGroupBox 
> to control the date of the start of an event. And another pair of 
> QSlider and QDateEdit in another QGroupBox for the end date of the same 
> event. Through Qt Designer, all the objects are flat, i.e.
> QGroupBox* groupBox_startDate;
> QSlider* slider_startDate;
> QDateEdit* dateEdit_startDate;
> 
> QGroupBox* groupBox_endDate;
> QSlider* slider_endDate;
> QDateEdit* dateEdit_endDate;
> ....
> 
> I would like some how to organize them as
> struct DateControl{
> QGroupBox* groupBox;
> QSlider* slider;
> QDateEdit* dateEdit;
> };
> 
> It is conceptually straightforward and easier to maintain the code 
> especially the coupled signal/slot actions with each object group.
> Can anyone suggest how I can do so through Qt Designer? Since every time 
> I modify the .ui file, I will have a new UICed .h file. This is quite 
> annoying when you want to rely on Qt Designer to iterate through a 
> project development. Thanks a lot.
> 

Create a single GUI class with the three elements. Then, when you want 
to instantiate this control, place the base widget in QtDesigner and 
promote it to your class.