I'm sure this question has been answered somewhere in this forum but I can't seem to find exactly what I need so I'm going to ask you guys for a little help. I'm trying to build an app using the QDockWidget. My problem is getting things working properly. Let me start by asking, is it proper protocol to design my "QDockWidget" in designer or am I supposed to to design a std widget in designer and sub-class it as a QDockWidget? I've been trying to design my QDockWidget and then use it directly. (see code below). It just seems I'm making things more complicated than they should be in this IDE.
Pls note that I deleted some of what I thought to be non-essential code for brevity. If you need everything just ping me on skype or gmail and I'll send it over.
Thanks for you help!!!
Chris L.
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---------- Begin Code ------------------
----- main.cpp -----
#include "mainwindow.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
MainWindow w;
w.show();
return a.exec();
}
------------ mainwindow.cpp -----------
#include "mainwindow.h"
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) : QMainWindow(parent), ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
setWindowTitle("s");
ui->setupUi(this);
textEdit = new QTextEdit;
setCentralWidget(textEdit);
createDockWindows();
}
MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}
void MainWindow::createDockWindows()
{
cbuilder = new CriteriaBuilder(this);
cbuilder->setBaseSize(QSize(140,600));
cbuilder->setAllowedAreas(Qt::RightDockWidgetArea);
addDockWidget(Qt::RightDockWidgetArea,cbuilder);
/*
summ=new Summary(this);
summ->setBaseSize(QSize(140,600));
summ->setAllowedAreas(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea);
addDockWidget(Qt::LeftDockWidgetArea,summ);
*/
return;
}
void MainWindow::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
{
QMainWindow::changeEvent(e);
switch (e->type()) {
case QEvent::LanguageChange:
ui->retranslateUi(this);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
------------ criteriabuilder.cpp ------------
#include "criteriabuilder.h"
CriteriaBuilder::CriteriaBuilder(QWidget *parent) : QDockWidget(parent), ui(new Ui::CriteriaBuilder)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}
CriteriaBuilder::~CriteriaBuilder()
{
delete ui;
}
void CriteriaBuilder::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
{
QDockWidget::changeEvent(e);
switch (e->type()) {
case QEvent::LanguageChange:
ui->retranslateUi(this);
break;
default:
break;
}
}
--------
#ifndef CRITERIABUILDER_H
#define CRITERIABUILDER_H
#include "ui_criteriaBuilder.h"
namespace Ui {
class CriteriaBuilder;
}
class CriteriaBuilder : public QDockWidget
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
CriteriaBuilder(QWidget *parent = 0);
~CriteriaBuilder();
protected:
void changeEvent(QEvent *e);
private:
Ui::CriteriaBuilder *ui;
};
#endif // CRITERIABUILDER_H
---------------- mainwindow.h-------------
#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H
#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <QDockWidget>
#include <QtCore/QVariant>
#include <QtGui/QAction>
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <QtGui/QButtonGroup>
#include <QtGui/QCheckBox>
#include <QtGui/QComboBox>
#include <QtGui/QDockWidget>
#include <QtGui/QFrame>
#include <QtGui/QGridLayout>
#include <QtGui/QHeaderView>
#include <QtGui/QLabel>
#include <QtGui/QLineEdit>
#include <QtGui/QSlider>
#include <QtGui/QSpacerItem>
#include <QtGui/QTextEdit>
#include <QtGui/QWidget>
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include "criteriabuilder.h"
#include "summary.h"
//QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
//class QTextEdit;
//QT_END_NAMESPACE
namespace Ui
{
class MainWindow;
}
class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();
protected:
void changeEvent(QEvent *e);
private:
void createDockWindows();
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
CriteriaBuilder *cbuilder;
Summary *summ;
QTextEdit *textEdit;
QMenu *fileMenu;
QMenu *editMenu;
QMenu *viewMenu;
QMenu *helpMenu;
QToolBar *fileToolBar;
QToolBar *editToolBar;
QAction *newLetterAct;
QAction *saveAct;
QAction *printAct;
QAction *undoAct;
QAction *aboutAct;
QAction *aboutQtAct;
QAction *quitAct;
};
#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
--------------------------------------
#ifndef UI_CRITERIABUILDER_H
#define UI_CRITERIABUILDER_H
#include <QtCore/QVariant>
#include <QtGui/QAction>
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
#include <QtGui/QButtonGroup>
#include <QtGui/QCheckBox>
#include <QtGui/QComboBox>
#include <QtGui/QDockWidget>
#include <QtGui/QFrame>
#include <QtGui/QGridLayout>
#include <QtGui/QHeaderView>
#include <QtGui/QLabel>
#include <QtGui/QLineEdit>
#include <QtGui/QSlider>
#include <QtGui/QSpacerItem>
#include <QtGui/QWidget>
QT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
class Ui_CriteriaBuilder
{
public:
QWidget *dockWidgetContents;
QGridLayout *gridLayout_9;
... deleted code for brevity ...
void setupUi(QDockWidget *CriteriaBuilder)
{
if (CriteriaBuilder->objectName().isEmpty())
CriteriaBuilder->setObjectName(QString::fromUtf8("CriteriaBuilder" ));
... deleted code for brevity ....
QMetaObject::connectSlotsByName(CriteriaBuilder);
} // setupUi
void retranslateUi(QDockWidget *CriteriaBuilder)
{
CriteriaBuilder->setWindowTitle(QApplication::translate("CriteriaB uilder", "Option Selection Criteria Builder", 0, QApplication::UnicodeUTF8));
checkBox_38->setText(QString());
} // retranslateUi
};
namespace Ui {
class CriteriaBuilder: public Ui_CriteriaBuilder {};
} // namespace Ui
QT_END_NAMESPACE
#endif // UI_CRITERIABUILDER_H
