[Qt-interest] Grouping existing widgets into a vertical splitter with Qt Designer

[william.crocker at analog.com]

K. Frank wrote:
> Hi List!
> 
> I have a Qt Designer form (i.e., a .ui file).  It has (roughly
> speaking) a couple
> of tables grouped together in a horizontal splitter, with a QTextEdit
> underneath.
> 
> I wish to group the horizontal splitter and the QTextEdit together in a vertical
> splitter (so that at run-time the user can give more or less vertical  space to
> the QTextEdit, trading off space with the tables).
> 
> If possible in Designer, what's the best way to do this?
> 
> I've been clicking around in Designer, but I haven't been able to add
> the vertical
> splitter.  For example, I have selected, simultaneously, the horizontal layout
> containing the tables and the QTextEdit.  There is a button on the toolbar
> with tooltip "Lay Out Vertically in Splitter," but clicking it seems to have no
> effect.
> 

There it is!

Another example of how an IDE can save you
a little time, but then waste days on end.
Just learn to do it all in code and you will
never look back.

:-)

Bill