Grid layout

can i use a gridlayout on qlistview in a manner such that I am able to place icons on the 4 corners and the midpoints along the 4 borders of the screen/listview?


i.e

icon------------icon--------------icon
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|-------------------------------------|
icon------------------------------ icon
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
icon------------icon--------------icon


Thanks

Nupul

No, QListView does not use any kind of layout for laying it's items.
You have a few properties to change the way how items in a list view are laid, but there is no such feature as you are looking for.

my mistake...i intended to say QListView or Grid layout. Can't I achieve the above at all in Qt...???

Writing a custom layout which allows you to lay items in corners and edges is simple enough.
Take a look at Qt's Border Layout example.
The custom layout given in the example is a good basis to start with, it doesn't need too much modifying to achieve same kind of behavior than you described.

Well thanks for the pointer. You see my custom widget is going to be of a fixed size...is there any alternative like setGeometry to position the icons exactly where i want to?

Thanks

So you have a widget which contains icons, which are also widgets right? Sure you can move the icon widgets to a fixed position if you want to.
You will have to calculate the corner/edge positions yourself, though. At least QRect contains several handy methods that.

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Originally Posted by jpn

So you have a widget which contains icons, which are also widgets right? Sure you can move the icon widgets to a fixed position if you want to.
You will have to calculate the corner/edge positions yourself, though. At least QRect contains several handy methods that.

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Do i absolutely need to use QRect for this? How could I do it using Qrect...could you give me an example? ;)

Thanks

Nupul

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Originally Posted by nupul

Do i absolutely need to use QRect for this?

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Heh, you absolutely don't have to use, I only mentioned I find QRect handy for this kind of calculations.. :)

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Originally Posted by nupul

How could I do it using Qrect...could you give me an example? ;)

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Code:

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// geometries
QRect areaRect = areaWidget->geometry(); // the whole "area"
QRect topRightRect = topRightWidget->geometry(); // the "icon" in the top right corner
QRect middleLeftRect = middleLeftWidget->geometry(); // the "icon" in the middle left edge
 
// top right corner
topRightRect.moveTopRight(areaRect.topRight()); // align to top right corner
topRightWidget->setGeometry(topRightRect); // move the icon widget
 
// middle left edge
middleLeftRect.moveCenter(areaRect.center()); // centralize
middleLeftRect.moveLeft(areaRect.left()); // align to left edge
middleLeftWidget->setGeometry(middleLeftRect); // move the icon widget

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As you can see, with QRect it's simple to align items to corners/edges. ;)