QDockWidgets without central widget

**JoeMerchant** · 7th August 2007, 21:57

Originally Posted by marcel

You could tweak the main window to expand size when the contents require it( and also in the limits of the screen ).

Again, not sure how you will achieve that ( in the general case ).

Well, the general case is fairly simple to specify for logical functionality (define which dock bars occupy which corners, which bars "meet in the middle", etc.) but it is apparent that 4.3.0 doesn't yet implement "logical logic." Maybe 4.3.1 (released this morning) is better.

I think what we're going to do from a practical standpoint is implement with dock widgets, but lock them down so they are not user reconfigurable for now, just have a couple of predefined layouts that the user can load. Maybe Trolltech will beat me to it and get the logic fixed before I finish my product specific code - in fact, I bet they will - in which case we can just have a menu option to unlock the display configuration allowing user resizing and drag-drop. If our users are clamoring for it (and promising to buy more copies only if we have it), I guess I could go in and fix the logic myself.... but I think I can add more value to our product in other areas for now.

**marcel** · 7th August 2007, 22:05

Well, then you are set

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Maybe 4.3.1 (released this morning) is better.

I didn't know they released it already. Are you sure? Can't find anything at trolltech.com.

Regards

**JoeMerchant** · 7th August 2007, 22:30

Originally Posted by marcel

I didn't know they released it already. Are you sure? Can't find anything at trolltech.com.
Regards

Hmmm...... I received this this morning:

We are pleased to announce that Qt and Qtopia Core 4.3.1 are now available. Qt and Qtopia Core 4.3.1 include bug-fixes and performance optimizations made since the release of version 4.3.0 in May.

Trolltech commercial license holders receive regular releases as part of their annual license. All improvements to Qt and Qtopia Core are also released to the Open Source Community through GPL editions of both frameworks. Both releases are available for evaluation and open source download.

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In their typical Troll like way, this mislead me to believe that both releases of 4.3.1 are available now, but I suppose they haven't gotten around to updating the open source version yet. I don't find 4.3.1 on the open source side.