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    Default Designer plugin - creating a container widget

    Hi everybody,
    has anyone created a container widget in a designer plugin? I mean creating a plugin that when overiding the QWidgetPlugin::isContainer() returns true? I have created a widget that just inherits QDialog and nothing else, the plugin gets integrated nicely but the resulting widget is not editable from the designer. All the custom widgets, that are not container widgets, I have plugged into designer are working nicely.
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    Default Re: Designer plugin - creating a container widget

    I just posted a similar question. My container widget does allow me to drop controls
    onto it so I have that much. It does not appreciate an attempt to place those controls
    into a layout though...

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    Default Re: Designer plugin - creating a container widget

    I can see that you are with Qt 4 having the same problem so we must be doing something wrong. But I can't see what this is...
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    Default Re: Designer plugin - creating a container widget

    Quote Originally Posted by yop View Post
    Hi everybody,
    has anyone created a container widget in a designer plugin? I mean creating a plugin that when overiding the QWidgetPlugin::isContainer() returns true? I have created a widget that just inherits QDialog and nothing else, the plugin gets integrated nicely but the resulting widget is not editable from the designer. All the custom widgets, that are not container widgets, I have plugged into designer are working nicely.
    Don't make widgets that inherit QDialog. What's the point of doing that anyway? Have you tried inheriting QWidget instead?

    Quote Originally Posted by MrGarbage View Post
    I just posted a similar question. My container widget does allow me to drop controls
    onto it so I have that much. It does not appreciate an attempt to place those controls
    into a layout though...
    Hard to say anything without seeing your code...

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    Default Re: Designer plugin - creating a container widget

    Quote Originally Posted by wysota View Post
    Don't make widgets that inherit QDialog. What's the point of doing that anyway? Have you tried inheriting QWidget instead
    Yeap, QWidget worked . In the doc examples the one available for custom container widgets does inherit from QDialog. Anyway I don't really care QWidget is enough for my plugin.
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