Passing message to MainWindow status bar - using connect

[anneranch]

I did managed to clean-up my messy code and actually got it working the way I wanted.
I believe my problem was trying to control the btscanner from within the MainWindow.
Currently I have both MainWindow and scanner forms on desktop and it works as expected.

I am trying to understand QDockWidget and see if I can get btscanner to be part of the MainWindow.
As soon as I can manage that I'll be happy camper.

[d_stranz]

I am trying to understand QDockWidget and see if I can get btscanner to be part of the MainWindow.

That might work. It depends on how you want your UI to operate. You could also check out QMdiArea and QMdiSubWindow as an alternative to docking widgets. If you add a QMdiArea as the central widget for QMainWindow, you can have multiple floating sub windows that can be tiled, overlapped, maximized, or minimized.

[anneranch]

My original idea was to use tabs in MainWindow.
I do not like to have too cluttered application - with everything visible.
I like to have "tab" for each functionality

"scan for bt devices " - which btscanner does
then I like to have info about devices paired - not really necessary
then the actual communication via bluettoth - as a main tab


QMdiArea and QMdiSubWindow would keep too much "stuff" visible, but it would be fun (?) to try.