how to detect when QTextEdit's content is too large to fit

[The Storm]

Perhaps you can use the signal textChanged() and in it to chek if QTextEdit::horizontalScrollBar() will return a valid pointer, if not then there is still no a scrollbar so the text is not too large.

[giotto]

Perhaps you can use the signal textChanged() and in it to chek if QTextEdit::horizontalScrollBar() will return a valid pointer, if not then there is still no a scrollbar so the text is not too large.

Is there a way to check that the ponter is valid?
Hmmmm, does this if I set Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff?

[The Storm]

Dunno for the flags but the pointer you can check very easy

if (horizontalScrollBar()) // The ponter is valid
   // some code...
else // The pointer is not valid
   // some other code...

if (horizontalScrollBar()) // The ponter is valid
   // some code...
else // The pointer is not valid
   // some other code...

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[giotto]

Dunno for the flags but the pointer you can check very easy

if (horizontalScrollBar()) // The ponter is valid
   // some code...
else // The pointer is not valid
   // some other code...

if (horizontalScrollBar()) // The ponter is valid
   // some code...
else // The pointer is not valid
   // some other code...

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this if is always true....

[wysota]

Because the bar is always there, it's just hidden. Check its value range instead or check if the bar isVisible().

[giotto]

this is working solution

connect(editor->verticalScrollBar(),SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)),this,SLOT(echoNewRange(int,int)));

connect(editor->verticalScrollBar(),SIGNAL(rangeChanged(int,int)),this,SLOT(echoNewRange(int,int)));

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