Help needed in adding QWidget and other objects to a QHBoxLayout

[qtUser500]

Rexi: Thanks for the QWidget information .

wysota: Appreciate your detailed reply.

• I tried out what you suggested in Ur .ui, and was able to create the QSplitter (Horizontal) with the QListBox and the QFrame.
• I also put the layout of mainWindowBase to Horizontal, so that the QListBox and the QFrame resize when the window is resized

Questions (The last ones I promise )
I am trying to add the documentView at runtime. I get it to appear, but not in the appropriate way. This is what I did:

- Create a Layout, add the documentView to the layout, setLayout to the QFrame. But when I do this I see the documentView on the extreme left partially covering the side toolbar. The code is:

QBoxLayout* docLayout = new QHBoxLayout( docFrame );
docLayout->add(documentView);  // 'documentView' is the object I want in the layout and eventually in the QFrame

QBoxLayout* docLayout = new QHBoxLayout( docFrame );
docLayout->add(documentView);  // 'documentView' is the object I want in the layout and eventually in the QFrame

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I actually don't need a horozontal/ vertical layout as the 'documentView' object is the only one I want in the QFrame. But I get an error when I try to use QLayout()

I am near and yet so far ...Please suggest how I can dynamically add the document view without the layout being skewed... thanks in advance wysota !

[wysota]

Use addWidget() and not add().

[qtUser500]

Thanks wysota , but addWidget too doesn't work.
Please see the enclosed screenshot when I used 'addWidget'.

The document View is displayed at the extreme top left corner.

Thanks!

[wysota]

It seems it is not added to the layout. Can you provide a larger snippet of code I might have a look at? Especially what you do with docFrame and what documentView is.

[qtUser500]

Due to code confidentiality I unfortunately can't reveal the exact details but I have attached the skeleton .ui file, removing most of the toolbar actions. The rest of the layout in the UI is as is. Note that I have used Qt 3.3.5

docFrame: After adding it in the UI, I only access it when setting the layout for the frame ie.

QHBoxLayout* docLayout = new QHBoxLayout(docFrame);

QHBoxLayout* docLayout = new QHBoxLayout(docFrame);

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documentView:

documentView= new ViewClass(QWidget*, QString); // Changed due to propriety reasons

documentView= new ViewClass(QWidget*, QString); // Changed due to propriety reasons

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Thanks for UR time wyosa, it is really appreciated!

[wysota]

Well... unfortunately this doesn't say much more than what you already told us. Believe me, I've seen thousands of Qt object construction snippets. I'm sure yours is as standard as any else and won't reveal any sensitive information. I'm not asking about any logic, just the user interface creation code. What is the base class of "documentView"? Also please use addWidget() instead of add() even if the latter compiles. Also why don't you get rid of the frame and use the custom widget approach I suggested earlier? It would make your problem disappear right away as Qt would build the proper layout code for you.

[qtUser500]

Thanks wysota, I was able to fix the issue. It was in the constructor of the documentView, I had to set the docFrame as the parent.

Thank you for all your time!