Revision as of 06:06, 17 September 2009

Overview

This code snippets shows how to get notification screen mode from portrait to landscape and vise-versa. Sometime we need to resize our custom control with change in screen mode. Basically QWidget::resizeEvent() get called when user change screen mode, so you have to implement that virtual method in your class.

This snippet can be self-signed. As it does not use any API which require developer/symbian signed certificate.

Preconditions

• Download the latest Qt for S60 distribution from Qt.
• Install Qt for S60:Installing Qt on S60
• Check this link for installation guide: How to install the package.
• Go through this article: Getting started with Qt for S60

Source

//resizeEvent() method get called when user change screen mode.
void ResizeEvent::resizeEvent (QResizeEvent* event)
{
    QSize widgetSize = event->size();
	//Resize your custom control according to new size.
    QMainWindow::resizeEvent(event);
}

Postconditions

The code snippet is expected to notify change in screen mode.

Normal screen

Screen after changing mode to portrait

Related link

• CS001437 - Listening for screen orientation changes in Qt

Download Code Example

• The Code Example show new screen size when user change screen mode. This example is tested on Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.