I'm developing an application with Qt, a framework with which I'm not at all familiar, and I'm attempting to hide and show a DockWidget that I created using designer.
Unlike many of the seemingly similar questions about hiding and showing dockwidgets in Qt is that I made my widget entirely with Qt Designer, so I don't know how to link much of the code I've found in these questions' answers. Essentially, I have no mention of a dockwidget in my *.cpp files, but I do in my .ui file.
How can I incorporate this Designer-created dockwidget into my code to make it visible and invisible?
Sorry for such a nooby question.
Thanks, erip
When you build your application, qmake
generates h
from your ui files. So for instance ui_dlg_about.ui
is translated into a ui_dlg_about.h
automatically. Usually in a folder called GeneratedFiles or something like that. You can then create an actual customisable dialog class which you use in your application by creating something along the following:
dlg_about.h
#include "ui_dlg_about.h"
#include <QDialog>
class dlg_about : public QDialog, protected Ui::ui_dlg_about
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
dlg_about(QWidget* = 0);
public slots:
void toggle_dockwidget();
};
dlg_about.cpp
#include "dlg_about.h"
dlg_about::dlg_about(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent)
{
setupUi(this);
QObject::connect(this->somebutton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(toggle_dockwidget()));
}
void dlg_about::toggle_dockwidget()
{
if(something){
this->dockwidget->setVisible(true);
}else{
this->dockwidget->setVisible(false);
}
}
It is also possible for your dialog to not be derived from ui_dlg_about
but having it as a member:
dlg_about.h
#include "ui_dlg_about.h"
#include <QDialog>
class dlg_about : public QDialog
{
Q_OBJECT
public:
dlg_about(QWidget* = 0);
public slots:
void toggle_dockwidget();
protected:
Ui::ui_dlg_about ui;
};
dlg_about.cpp
#include "dlg_about.h"
dlg_about::dlg_about(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent)
{
setupUi(this->ui);
QObject::connect(this->ui.somebutton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(toggle_dockwidget()));
}
// ....