How can I programmatically add QPushButtons in a QFrame without using Layout?

[binary001]

Hi,

I add qpushbuttons on Form and set my buttons' positions with setGeometry. It's ok.
Now I want to divide these buttons into QFrame as the groups.

I add buttons on Form as follow:
myBtn[btn]=new QPushButton(this);
myBtn[btn]->setGeometry(intWidth*i,y,intWidth,intWidth);

How can I add these buttons into QFrame? VBoxLayout, HBoxLayout or GridLayout is not suitable for my buttons' position.
So I don't want to use layout.

Thanks.

[Vikram.Saralaya]

Make your push buttons child of QFrame.

QFrame frame = new QFrame(this);
myBtn[btn]=new QPushButton(frame);
myBtn[btn]->setGeometry(intWidth*i,y,intWidth,intWidth);

QFrame frame = new QFrame(this);
myBtn[btn]=new QPushButton(frame);
myBtn[btn]->setGeometry(intWidth*i,y,intWidth,intWidth);

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Now setGeometry will set the push button positions with respect to its parent QFrame.

[anda_skoa]

Not using a layout is usually a bad idea. Are you having such a dynamic situation that you need to move the buttons a lot?

In any case, I don't quite understand your problem.
Layouts don't add widgets to frames, they manage the size and location within the parent widget, whether that is a frame or some other widget.

Cheers,
_

[binary001]

Thanks for your quick replay.

Now I save my button locations and sizes in struct array with map number.
I place freely these buttons with maps without any layout.
QFrame frame = new QFrame(this);
myBtn[btn]=new QPushButton(frame);
myBtn[btn]->setGeometry(intWidth*i,y,intWidth,intWidth);
It's OK.

Thanks anda_skoa for your suggestion.
I also think "Not using a layout is usually a bad idea". But I can't decide which type of layout should I use to add there buttons on the Form according to my maps?

map1.png

Please see picture of my button position and size. It's a map number 1.
There are many maps to place buttons. Number of buttons and locations are different for maps.
Thanks

[d_stranz]

Please see picture of my button position and size. It's a map number 1.
There are many maps to place buttons. Number of buttons and locations are different for maps.

What is a "map"? Is it a button or is it a container (widget) where you want to place one or more buttons?

[binary001]

I want to add 7 buttons (please see above my post). The buttons' positions and sizes are shown at picture ( I named a group of buttons' sizes and positions as a map).
Which layout can I use to place buttons on a Form?

Thanks.

[Vikram.Saralaya]

You should be using a QGridLayout.
Especially rowSpan and columnSpan with the alignment should be sufficient to get the widgets as shown in your image.

void QGridLayout::addWidget(QWidget * widget, int fromRow, int fromColumn, int rowSpan, int columnSpan, Qt::Alignment alignment = 0)

void QGridLayout::addWidget(QWidget * widget, int fromRow, int fromColumn, int rowSpan, int columnSpan, Qt::Alignment alignment = 0)

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