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    Default Simple custom widget won't size properly

    Hi,

    I wanted to create an LED widget. Something very
    simple that I could drag from my QT Designer
    widget Box.

    I created a widget form and placed a QLabel
    on it. This Qlabel has a stylesheet associated
    with it that gives it the look and feel that I
    want. I have constrained it to be of fixed size
    20 X 12.

    If I preview it in QT Designer it looks fine.

    I built my plugin and copied the necessary
    files to the necessary places and I see my
    custom widget in the toolbox.

    I now create a new form and drag my custom
    widget onto the form. It appears but...

    1. The initially displayed rectangle size is not what I wanted - 20 X 16
    and the sizePolicy is shown as Preferred,Preferred.
    I don't see the actual LED unless I increase
    the size to about 51 X 31. At that point
    the LED appears but is not centered. At a
    size of 41 X 51 the LED is centered.

    I cannot get the size of the control down
    to where I want it.

    I also have specified an initial size in my domXml() file:

    QString OvalLEDPlugin::domXml() const
    {
    return "<widget class=\"OvalLED\" name=\"ovalLED\">\n"
    " <property name=\"geometry\">\n"
    " <rect>\n"
    " <x>11</x>\n"
    " <y>14</y>\n"
    " <width>20</width>\n"
    " <height>12</height>\n"
    " </rect>\n"
    " </property>\n"
    "</widget>\n";
    }


    Why can't I get this seemingly simple widget to be sized as I specified in the .ui file?

    Mark

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    Default Re: Simple custom widget won't size properly

    Answer to 1&2:
    You have to create a layout for the widget that contains that styled label;
    Horizontal layout will do. Make sure you set the spacing and margins for it to 0 - you don't want to waste any space.

    Most likely the lack of a layout is what is making your custom widget not respecting sizes and positions.

    Regards

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    Default Re: Simple custom widget won't size properly

    If you want a widget of a particular size, reimplement its sizeHint() and minimumSizeHint() and return QSize(20,12) there. No need to touch domXml().

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