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    Default Adding widget to bottom left corned of existing Widget

    Hi,

    currently I am trying to achieve something like this:
    Untitled.jpg

    So red widget is centralWidget of my QMainWindow and now I want to add another small widget (yellow one) inside it and put it in bottom left corner.

    If I do something like this

    Qt Code:
    1. QHBoxLayout* layout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
    2.  
    3.  
    4. QWidget* red = new QWidget(this);
    5. red->setStyleSheet("background:red;");
    6. red->setMaximumSize(400, 400);
    7.  
    8. layout->addWidget(red);
    9.  
    10. MyCustomWidget* mainWidget = new MyCustomWidget(this);
    11. mainWidget->setLayout(layout);
    12.  
    13. setCentralWidget(mainWidget);
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    I see my widget but it's centered vertically and horizontally inside my MyCustomWidget.
    If I try changing "addWidget" line to :

    Qt Code:
    1. layout->addWidget(red, 0, Qt::AlignLeft | Qt::AlignBottom);
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    I don't see my widget anymore.

    Could someone tell me why is it happening and how can I fix it?
    Is my approach good?
    Last edited by carobnodrvo; 15th July 2016 at 17:09.

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    Default Re: Adding widget to bottom left corned of existing Widget

    If your red widget does not have any other children than the yellow widget, then the easiest way is to use a QGridLayout, with two rows and two columns.

    The child goes into second row/first colum, a vertical spacer into first row/first column and a horizontal spacer into second row/second column.

    Btw, your code snippet is misleading, because you make your "yellow widget" red.

    Cheers,
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    Default Re: Adding widget to bottom left corned of existing Widget

    Ups, you are right (red widget is actually yellow :/)

    At the end I ended up doing it so.

    Thanks!

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