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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Usage of QLayout and QGroupBox in KDE
From:       Richard Moore <rich () ipso-facto ! freeserve ! co ! uk>
Date:       1999-08-04 19:32:28
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Reginald Stadlbauer wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 04 Aug 1999, Leon Widdershoven wrote:
> >Reginald Stadlbauer wrote:
> >>
> >> On Wed, 04 Aug 1999, Stephan Kulow wrote:
> >> >Matthias Ettrich wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi,
> >> >>
> >> >> I noticed one slightly annoying thing with KDE-2.0's layout management: very
> >> >> few groupboxes get the layout right.
> >> >>
> >> >> Problem: the very first row often overlaps with the group box text.
> >> >>
> >> >> Qt-2.0 makes groupbox layouting finally easier. Simply remove all your custom
> >> >> layout code for the groupbox and create the groupbox  with the new constructor:
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> /*!
> >> >>   Constructs a group box with a \a title. Child widgets will be arranged
> >> >>   in \a strips rows or columns (depending on \a orientation).
> >> >>
> >> >>   The \e parent and \e name arguments are passed to the QWidget constructor.
> >> >> */
> >> >>
> >> >> QGroupBox::QGroupBox( int strips, Orientation orientation,
> >> >>                     const QString &title, QWidget *parent,
> >> >>                     const char *name )
> >> >>
> >> >> That's it. Less code in KDE and looks nicer :-)
> >> >>
> >> >Well, but you can hardly blame KDE programmers.
> >>
> >> He doesn't blame anyone, it's just a hint :-))
> >
> >I hope the good-old
> >vbox->addSpacing( this->fontMetrics().height() );
> >does still work...
> 
> You really don't need to set all spacings and stretches with the Qt 2.0 layout
> anymore!

This should simplify ksnapshot a lot - half of the code is sorting out
the geom management for the view. The snapshot code is almost trivial
in comparison!

Rich.

> 
> --
> Reggie

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