Make QVBoxLayout act like QFormLayout

[petwoip]

I suppose I could in some cases, but what if I wanted to use a QHBoxLayout instead of a QVBoxLayout (to my [limited] knowledge there is no way to make a sideways QFormLayout). I'm trying to understand what property of layouts lets me modify the layout's behavior when i expand the window.

[norobro]

Maybe I'm missing something but won't QVBoxLayout::addStretch() do what you want?

[petwoip]

Oh cool, addStretch(0) achieves the desired behavior!

[wysota]

I suppose I could in some cases, but what if I wanted to use a QHBoxLayout instead of a QVBoxLayout (to my [limited] knowledge there is no way to make a sideways QFormLayout). I'm trying to understand what property of layouts lets me modify the layout's behavior when i expand the window.

The layout behaviour is decided upon settings of the widgets (their size hint and size policies). Your problem is not a problem with QHBoxLayout as it will do what you want out of the box.

[ChiliPalmer]

setAlignment(Qt::AlignTop); should also do the trick

[petwoip]

Thanks for the help guys! This is a lot clearer to me now.