layout question

[Todd Widup]

so since I am still getting use to this..I just want to get this idea straight in my head

there is no way in a window to specify the exact placement of a widget, al a a Maya FormLayout.

To work around this, you use multiple layouts to create rows and columns to get everything to place nicely..correct?

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[Justin Israel]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:49 PM Todd Widup <todd....@gmail.com> wrote:

so since I am still getting use to this..I just want to get this idea straight in my head

there is no way in a window to specify the exact placement of a widget, al a a Maya FormLayout.

If you don't use a layout, you get absolute positioning within the parent widget. So you can set the position exactly where you want, and it will not be moved when the parent resizes. If you don't use a layout and don't set a position, all your widgets will pile up at (0,0)

 

To work around this, you use multiple layouts to create rows and columns to get everything to place nicely..correct?

I'm assuming you mean *within* a QFormLayout? QFormLayout gives you 2-column alignment for the labels and the controls. In addition to a string or QLabel, you can put any widget you want in the "label" column. And you can put any widget into the "control" column. If you need complex controls, you can use a layout of widgets in the "control" column, but that should still give you proper alignment of labels and controls.

 

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[Todd Widup]

Thanks Justin...hmmm, might try it without again..I tried it once, and it didn't work, but will see, thanks

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[Todd Widup]

hey all...is there some trick or function I need to use/call for a layout-less dialog to work and display my widgets?   mie neer show up...but the dialog opens with no errors 

[Justin Israel]

Are you sure you are setting the parent to be the dialog for all the widgets that are not in the layout? Do you have a sample snippet? There shouldn't be a trick. All of the child widgets should show up in the dialog at the absolute parent widget position.

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[Todd Widup]

It's the set parent I'm sure   

Been looking all over for a flag function that does it but haven't found one  

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[Todd Widup]

found it and used it...and it works :D 

thanks all, not sure how I missed that when I was going thru everything