Update GUI

How to update a gui information correctly on. Weird things are happening on mac, when I update label or any of widget info. The best explanation is the screenshots attached.

You can see a QDockWidget widget containing Qlabel for pixmap and QLabel for name and QTabWidget below.

Some times when the text label is shorter you can see it behind the current text.

In the example on screenshot you can see old QTabWidget behind the new one.

How to fix it, tried update() things already ....

That does not happening on linux.

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You have to use layouts.

what do you mean

of course I do use layout (QVBoxLayout) for QDockWidget, that's how I add Qlabel = image, QLabel - name and QTabWidget.

Could you write more details what you have on your mind please ? thanks

Layouts will not allow overlapping widgets, which is what seems to be happening with your progress bar. Can you show the code that constructs the dock widget layout?

Code:

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void MainView::createDock() {
    DEBUGME;
    lb_dockIcon = new QLabel;
    lb_dockIcon->setMaximumHeight(60);
    lb_dockIcon->setMinimumHeight(60);
 
    lb_dockIcon->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
    lb_dockLabel = new QLabel;
    lb_dockLabel->setAlignment(Qt::AlignCenter);
 
    _dockTabs = new QTabWidget;
 
    _dockMainWidgetLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
 
    _dockMainWidget = new QWidget;
    _dockMainWidget->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding,QSizePolicy::Expanding);
    _dockMainWidget->setLayout(_dockMainWidgetLayout);
 
    _dockWidget = new QDockWidget;
    _dockWidget->setContentsMargins(5,0,5,0);
    _dockWidget->setWidget(_dockMainWidget);
 
    connect(_dockWidget, SIGNAL(visibilityChanged(bool)), this, SLOT(showDock(bool)));
 
    _dockMainWidgetLayout->addWidget(lb_dockIcon, Qt::AlignCenter);
    _dockMainWidgetLayout->addWidget(lb_dockLabel);
    _dockMainWidgetLayout->addWidget(_dockTabs);
 
    _dockMainWidgetLayout->setStretchFactor(lb_dockIcon,0);
    _dockMainWidgetLayout->setStretchFactor(lb_dockLabel,0);
    _dockMainWidgetLayout->setStretchFactor(_dockTabs,1);
 
}

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and this is how I call it to print different data again

Code:

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void MainView::setDockData(IFile *file, bool) {
 
    DEBUGME;
 
    QPixmap icon(file->FilePixmap());
 
    lb_dockIcon->setPixmap(icon);
    lb_dockIcon->updateGeometry();
 
    QString name = file->FileName();
    FileWidget::wordWrap(name, 100, 25);
    lb_dockLabel->setText(name);
    lb_dockLabel->updateGeometry();
 
    _dockTabs->clear();
    _dockTabs->show();
 
    DockVersions *versions = new DockVersions(this, file);
 
    DockAddIn *addIn = new DockAddIn(this, file);
    connect(addIn, SIGNAL(setDockTabTitle(int, QString)), this, SLOT(setDockTabTitle(int, QString)));
 
    for(int i = 0;i < _dockTabs->count();i++) {
        _dockTabs->removeTab(i);
    }
 
    _dockTabs->addTab(addIn, addIn->windowTitle());
    _dockTabs->addTab(versions, versions->windowTitle());
 
    versions->display();
    addIn->display();
 
 
}

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thanks for looking

any ideas ??

You have not applied a layout to _dockWidget, only to to the dockMainWidget widget you place inside it.