QTableWidget:how to control size?

[davidmaxwaterman]

Hi,

I have a layout like this :

+-----QVBoxLayout0--------------+
|+-QHBoxLayout1--+-------------+|
||+-QVBoxLayout2+|QTableWidget0||
|||QPushButton  ||             ||
|||QPushButton  ||             ||
|||stretch      ||             ||
||+-------------+|             ||
|+---------------+--------------+
|QTableWidget1                  |
|                               |
+-------------------------------+

I can't seem to control the width of either of the QTableWidgets. The only effect I've seen on them is when I call resizeColumnsToContents() which at least makes the contents legible.

I would like them to completely fill the width of the layout, and I would like the QVBoxLayout1 to be the full width of the screen.

Also, QTableWidget0, which has a fixed number of rows, gets its bottom chopped off where it goes beyond the layout edge below it. How can I adjust it so that it fits?

I've tried messing with sizehints and such (QTableWidget1 is actually a class derived from QTableWidget, unlike QTableWidget0), but nothing seems to change at all.

Max.

[divanov]

Just to start with something.

#include <QtGui>
#include <QDebug>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    QTableWidget *w1 = new QTableWidget(10,1);
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
      QTableWidgetItem *item = new QTableWidgetItem(QString("Item %1").arg(i));
      w1->setItem(i, 0, item);
    }
    w1->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Minimum);

    QTableWidget *w2 = new QTableWidget(10,1);
    for (int i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
      QTableWidgetItem *item = new QTableWidgetItem(QString("Item %1").arg(i));
      w2->setItem(i, 0, item);
    }
    w2->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::Minimum);

    QPushButton *b1 = new QPushButton("Button 1");
    b1->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
    QPushButton *b2 = new QPushButton("Button 2");
    b2->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Expanding, QSizePolicy::Fixed);
    QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout;
    layout->addWidget(b1, 0, 0, 1, 1);
    layout->addWidget(b2, 1, 0, 1, 1);
    layout->addWidget(w1, 0, 1, 3, 1);
    layout->addWidget(w2, 3, 0, 1, 2);

    QWidget w;
    w.setLayout(layout);
    w.show();

    return a.exec();
}

[davidmaxwaterman]

Just to start with something.

Wow. You went to a lot of trouble...thanks!

Yeah, your layout looks something like what I've got now.

Differences are :

1) I've removed the row headers of both tables with 'table->verticalHeader()->hide()',
2) I obtained the effect I wanted on the bottom table using 'horizontalHeader()->setStretchLastSection(true);'

However, it is still disconcerting for my narrow table on the top right to have a scroll bar all the way on the right hand side of the screen. I see from your image that you also have that issue. I would like to see it right next to the table.

I don't really want the top table to be the whole width - resizing the columns for the data makes them a little small and it looks better with the default (without doing anything, I think). However, when I was playing with it, I tried the 2) above for that table too, but, predictably, it only stretched the last column, while I wanted it to make the two columns take up equal space.

I noticed you use a grid layout, rather than the v and h box ones. I wonder what happens if I make the bottom table expanding in X. I will play with your example (it's much simpler than my code which does other stuff too), and try to learn.

Thanks,

Max.

[davidmaxwaterman]

I wonder what happens if I make the bottom table expanding in X. I will play with your example (it's much simpler than my code which does other stuff too), and try to learn.

Hrm. I was able to get it compiling and running on the device really quickly

Unfortunately, I tried the Expanding and Maximum on w1 (I think that's the table in question), but nothing changed. It seems like the same issue.

I'm sure I'm just missing something quite elementary here...

Max.

[divanov]

I have to confess I don't really understand the final goal you are trying to achieve. Is it about making width of QTableWidget column to occupy the whole space of QTableWidget?

[davidmaxwaterman]

I have to confess I don't really understand the final goal you are trying to achieve. Is it about making width of QTableWidget column to occupy the whole space of QTableWidget?

Yeah, I guess so. Like I say, I just expand the last column, but that only works because there's only one column. If I had more than one, it would look weird...

[divanov]

I don't have any better ideas:
main.cpp

#include <QtGui>
#include <QDebug>

#include "sizedtablewidget.h"

#define ROWS        15
#define COLUMNS     3

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    QApplication a(argc, argv);

    SizedTableWidget table(ROWS, COLUMNS);
    table.verticalHeader()->hide();
    for (int i = 0; i < ROWS; ++i) {
      for (int j = 0; j < COLUMNS; ++j) {
        QTableWidgetItem *item = new QTableWidgetItem(QString("Item %1x%2").arg(i).arg(j));
        table.setItem(i, j, item);
      }
    }
    table.show();

    return a.exec();
}

sizedtablewidget.h

#ifndef SIZED_TABLE_WIDGET_H
#define SIZED_TABLE_WIDGET_H

#include <QTableWidget>
#include <QResizeEvent>

class SizedTableWidget : public QTableWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    SizedTableWidget(int rows, int columns, QWidget *parent=0);

protected:
    void resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event);
};

#endif //SIZED_TABLE_WIDGET_H

sizedtablewidget.cpp

#include <QDebug>

#include "sizedtablewidget.h"

SizedTableWidget::SizedTableWidget(int rows, int columns, QWidget *parent)
    : QTableWidget(rows, columns, parent)
{
}

void SizedTableWidget::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event)
{
    int width = event->size().width() / columnCount();
    for(int i = 0; i < columnCount(); ++i) {
        setColumnWidth(i, width);
    }
}

[davidmaxwaterman]

I don't have any better ideas:

Well, that seems as good a way as any - perhaps a bit more 'manual' than I had imagined, but anyway.

Thanks a lot!

Max.