Tab Design

[FoleyX90]

I was wondering (if possible) how to make my tabs look like this attachment.
It looks like the left side is rounded and right side is triangular - what the heck?
Please, help.

[Lykurg]

simple subclass QTabBar and do the painting yourself!

[FoleyX90]

Thanks for that recommendation. Is there any examples or tutorials online for painting?

[Lykurg]

Qt Assistant is always a good point to start: http://doc.trolltech.com/4.6/examples-painting.html.

[FoleyX90]

Having trouble performing: TabNavigator->setTabBar(myTabBar);

[FoleyX90]

error: 'void QTabWidget::setTabBar(QTabBar*)' is protected

[steno]

You have to derive from QTabWidget and QTabBar to do what you are trying to do.

[FoleyX90]

It works if, in qtabwidget.h, i move settabbar from protected to public.

[steno]

Yea, but then you are breaking your license agreement. So if you extend QTabWidget, then you can call setTabBar in the constructor. Problem solved.

[FoleyX90]

This is probably horribly wrong (seeing as it doesn't work) but this is what i've put:


#ifndef MYTABWIDGET_H
#define MYTABWIDGET_H
#include <QTabWidget>
#include <QTabBar>

class MyTabWidget : public QTabWidget
{
public:
MyTabWidget(QTabBar *);
};

#endif // MYTABWIDGET_H

[FoleyX90]

The cpp file:

#include "mytabwidget.h"
#include <QTabWidget>

MyTabWidget::MyTabWidget(QTabBar *)
{
QTabWidget::setTabBar(QTabBar *);
}

[steno]

That should work, but i would do it more along these lines




MyTabWidget::MyTabWidget(QWidget *parent)
: QTabWidget(parent)
{
setTabBar(new MyTabBar(this));
}