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Qt Quick should be used for all UI development on mobile devices. The approach described in this article (based on QWidget) is deprecated.

This code snippet shows how to implement a QToolBox; a widget that that displays a column of tabs one above the other, with the current item displayed below the current tab.

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Devices(s): S60 Emulator

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Compatibility

Platform(s): S60 3rd Edition/S60 5th Edition

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Keywords: QToolBox

Created: mind_freak (21 Jul 2009)

Last edited: hamishwillee (11 Oct 2012)

Code snippet

Header file

#include <QtGui/QWidget>
#include<QToolBox>
#include<QHBoxLayout>
#include<QPushButton>
class tool : public QWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT
 
public:
    tool(QWidget *parent = 0);
    ~tool();
 
private:
    QToolBox *box;
    QHBoxLayout *lay;
    QPushButton *but1;
    QPushButton *but2;
    QPushButton *but3;
};
 
#endif // TOOL_H

CPP file

#include "tool.h"
tool::tool(QWidget *parent)
    : QWidget(parent)
{
    box=new QToolBox(this);
    lay=new QHBoxLayout(this);
    but1=new QPushButton("Nokia N97",this);
    but2=new QPushButton("Nokia E51",this);
    but3=new QPushButton("Nokia 5800 XM",this);
 
    box->addItem(but1,"Nokia N-Series");
    box->addItem(but2,"Nokia E-series");
 
    box->addItem(but3,"Xpress music");
    lay->addWidget(box);
    setLayout(lay);
    setStyleSheet("* { background-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(200,150,100); padding: 7px}}");
    showMaximized();
}
 
tool::~tool()
{
  // No need to delete any object that has a parent which is properly deleted.
}

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