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

[william.crocker at analog.com]

K. Frank wrote:
> Hello Bill -
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:56 PM, william.crocker at analog.com
> <william.crocker at analog.com> wrote:
>> 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?
>>> ...
>> 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.
> 
> Hmm, yes...  Well that thought had crossed my mind.
> 
> Implied by your response is that Designer can't (or can't easily) be
> used to group widgets into a splitter after the fact.  But I would like
> to get explicit confirmation of that, if anyone knows for sure.
>


Certainly not.
I'm sure it can be used to group the widgets.
You may just never figure out how to do it.

:-)


>
> I have used a number of "visual" tools that "run out of gas" when
> you try to do more than the basic demo examples.  But I have
> used a few that "go the distance."  I just don't have enough
> experience with Designer to know which kind it is.
> 
>> Bill
> 
> I appreciate your feedback.
>


It was more like an unsupported jab.


> Best regards.
> 
> 
> K. Frank
> 
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