[Solved] how to hide widget in boxlayout but reserve the empty space

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Hi

I have a list of widgets inserted into a box layout. When one of the widget is hide(), the empty space will be taken by the rest of the widgets. Is there a way to let the layout keep this space? i don't want the widgets move position automatically. I know i can use a widget to wrap and only hide the child widget, but is there a simpler can do the trick?

Thank you very much.