Widget Margins

**qtoptus** · 21st July 2010, 15:00

When I set the layout of a parent widget, for example to horizontal, the child (contained widgets) are aligned correctly except the margins w.r.t their parent are changed (shifted) differently than what I set in the designer. I tried to change the grid granularity but the problem remains. I need to keep the child widget(s) within specific margins and still maintains the layout policy.

Is there something I need to do? Any setting?

Thanks.

**wysota** · 21st July 2010, 18:09

Please post your ui file and tell us what you mean exactly.

**qtoptus** · 22nd July 2010, 01:26

Here's the buttons how they should be aligned before and after setting their container (tabbed widget) to horizontal layout:

**ChrisW67** · 22nd July 2010, 01:57

You seem to be wanting to adjust the layoutSpacing and layout*Margin properties of the tab layout.

**qtoptus** · 22nd July 2010, 07:06

I've accompanied the UI file. Although I set a horizontal layout for the buttons, I cannot find it on the Designer object list.

**wysota** · 22nd July 2010, 09:20

You are forcing a maximum size of the tab widget so the layout can't expand your widget to make necessary space. Forcing absolute sizes of widgets is in general a BadThing(TM). Remove the maximumSize property from all widgets on the form and everything will work as expected.

**qtoptus** · 23rd July 2010, 15:07

The spacing, or the layout granularity is unaffected. The buttons still have fixed spacing from the boundaries of their container and each other.

I think Designer has missed an option to set granularity of layout...not to mention that the layout I set are inaccessible on the object selector. Weird!