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

[K. Frank]

Hi Bill -

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 4:57 PM, william.crocker at analog.com
<william.crocker at analog.com> wrote:
>
> 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!
>>>> ...
>>>> 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 appreciate your feedback.
>
> It was more like an unsupported jab.

Hmm, well, it sounds like you've been bitten by this kind of thing in
the past.  Perhaps your (well-directed?) jab will goad those who have
ascended to Qt-mavenhood to offer a yea or nay on whether I should
be using Designer to make this change.

Thanks.


K. Frank