Best way to create Windows Explorer type UI

[scarleton]

Thank you for the reply.

I am using Visual Studio 2008 and Qt Designer. When I look through the list of containers in Qt Designer, I see the following:

Group Box
Scroll Area
Tool Box
Tab Widget
Frame
Widget
MdiArea
Dock Widget

I am *NOT* seeing a splitter. Looking through all the other sections, the closest thing I find to being part of a splitter is the Vertical Line (Line object) or Vertical Scroll Bar (QScrollBar).

I don't see any QSplitter, what exactly is it called in the QT Designer?

Sam

[scarleton]

I see it now, I missed it the first two times I read through your post. Thank you!

[scarleton]

I am not seeing any options within the Qt Designer to make a vertical bar appear so that it is clear that it can be resized. How does one go about doing that?

Sam

[Lykurg]

This depends on your style. Each style paints the handler in a different way. If you want to customize, then you have to subclass your style and use QStyle::CE_Splitter in QStyle::drawControl().

[scarleton]

Lykurg,

Well, I don't rightfully know which style I am using. I am simply using the default and I am on Windows 7. Is there another style I could use that does indicate some how there is a splitter present? If so, how do I go about using it?

[Lykurg]

You can set a style via QApplication::setStyle(). Right now I also remember that you can do it easier with style sheets. See "Customizing QSplitter" in the docs. It is

QSplitter::handle {}

QSplitter::handle {}

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you can use.

[Talei]

Or You can also Use QStyle, without subclassing, and use something like this:

QSplitter::handle:horizontal {
     width: 1px;
 }
 
 QSplitter::handle:vertical {
     height: 10px;
 }
 
 QSplitter::handle {
	image: url(:/resources/myQSpliterVImg.png);
 }

QSplitter::handle:horizontal {
     width: 1px;
 }

 QSplitter::handle:vertical {
     height: 10px;
 }

 QSplitter::handle {
	image: url(:/resources/myQSpliterVImg.png);
 }

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Edit. posted to late ...