[Qt-interest] widget in dockwidget do not get resized

[Andreas Pakulat]

On 03.11.11 16:11:39, Yifei Li wrote:
> 
> 
> On Nov 3, 2011, at 2:52 PM, Andre Somers wrote:
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> > Op 3-11-2011 19:29, Yifei Li schreef:
> >> Hi all,
> >> 
> >> I did two experiments:
> >> 
> >> 1) add a QTextEdit directly to a QDockWidget, and the QTexEdit gets resized whenever its containing dock widget is resized
> >> 
> >> 2) However, if I put a QTextEdit in a layout which is set to be the layout of some other  QWidget W, and then add the QWidget W to the dock widget, the widget W is not resized when I resize the dockwidget
> >> 
> >> What should I do to make the widget W's change its size when the dock widget is resized?
> >> 
> > Make sure that widget W is in a layout itself,
> You can't set a layout for a QDockWidget, although setLayout method exists for QDockWidget.
> I have tried this, 
> 1) set a layout for QDockWidget
> 2) add widgets to the layout
> 3) NOTHING shows up in the QDockWidget
> 
> I don't understand why.

Then create a small self-contained compilable example showing the
problem.  Either you'll discover your error while doing so or someone
here will likely be able to point it out.

Andreas