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panzar

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Thursday, April 14th 2005, 10:21am

KMultiTabBar and KParts::MainWindow

Hi,

I'm wondering how I'm supposed to do the layout for my application. The application consists of a KParts::MainWindow and a KMultiTabBar to the left:



The toolbar is overlapping the tabbar and the kpart. The code looks like this now:

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kavr::kavr()
    : KParts::MainWindow(0, "kavr")
{
 
    m_mapper = new QSignalMapper(this);
 
    // Create a KMultiTabBar.   
    m_tabBar = new KMultiTabBar(KMultiTabBar::Vertical, this);
    m_tabBar->setPosition(KMultiTabBar::Left);
 
 
    // Create a tab.    
    m_tabBar->appendTab(0, -2, "Files");
    QWidget *tab = m_tabBar->tab(-2);
    m_tabBar->showActiveTabTexts(true);
    m_tabBar->setTab(-2, true);
 
 
    // Set the shell's ui file.
    setXMLFile("kavr_shell.rc");
 
    // Setup our actions.
    setupActions();
 
    // Load the appropriate library.
    KLibFactory *factory = KLibLoader::self()->factory("libkyzispart");
 
    // Cast the KPart to a KtextEditor::Editor.
    m_part = static_cast<KTextEditor::Editor*>(factory->create(this, "ktexteditor_part", "KTextEditor::Editor") );
 
    // Add a layout to the mainwindow.  
    m_layout = new QHBoxLayout(this);
    m_layout->add(m_tabBar);
    m_layout->add(m_part->widget() );
    m_layout->activate();// If the part was created successfully...
 
    if (m_part)
    {
        // Tell the mainwindow that this is the mainwidget.
        setCentralWidget(m_part->widget() );
 
        // Integrate the part's GUI with our mainwindow.
        createGUI(m_part);
    }


Any ideas how to arrange the layout?

Thanks in advance,

Per

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Thursday, April 14th 2005, 4:00pm

Usually MainWindows already have a layout.

Try creating a QFrame, using it as the CentralWidget and add the two other widgets and your layout to the frame

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panzar

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Friday, April 15th 2005, 7:28am

Quoted

Originally posted by anda_skoa
Usually MainWindows already have a layout.

Try creating a QFrame, using it as the CentralWidget and add the two other widgets and your layout to the frame

Cheers,
_


Thanks for the tip, however I can't get it to work properly.



I tried to do what you suggested, it's possible that I misunderstood you though:

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kavr::kavr() 
	: KParts::MainWindow(0, "kavr")
{
	
	m_mapper = new QSignalMapper(this);

	m_mainFrame = new QFrame(this);
	
	// Tell the mainwindow that this is the mainwidget.
	setCentralWidget(m_mainFrame);
	
	// Set the shell's ui file.
	setXMLFile("kavr_shell.rc");

	// Setup our actions.
	setupActions();

	// Load the appropriate library.
	KLibFactory *factory = KLibLoader::self()->factory("libkyzispart");

	// Cast the KPart to a KtextEditor::Editor.
	m_part = static_cast<KTextEditor::Editor*>(factory->create(this, "ktexteditor_part", "KTextEditor::Editor") );


	if (m_part) 
	{
	
			
	// Create a KMultiTabBar.	
	m_tabBar = new KMultiTabBar(KMultiTabBar::Vertical, this->centralWidget() );
	m_tabBar->setPosition(KMultiTabBar::Left);

	// Create a tab.	
	m_tabBar->appendTab(0, -2, "Files");
	QWidget *tab = m_tabBar->tab(-2);
	m_tabBar->showActiveTabTexts(true);
	m_tabBar->setTab(-2, true);
		
	// Add a layout to the mainwindow.	
	m_layout = new QHBoxLayout(m_mainFrame);
	m_layout->add(m_tabBar);
	m_layout->add(m_part->widget() );
	m_layout->activate();// If the part was created successfully...
		
		
	// Integrate the part's GUI with our mainwindow.
	createGUI(m_part);
	
	}


Thanks again,

Per

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Friday, April 15th 2005, 9:30am

I think the problem is that you pass "this" as the parent to the factory.

You could reparent m_part->widget() to m_mainFrame

Cheers,
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panzar

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Friday, April 15th 2005, 11:58am

Quoted

Originally posted by anda_skoa
I think the problem is that you pass "this" as the parent to the factory.

You could reparent m_part->widget() to m_mainFrame

Cheers,
_


Of course! Thanks a lot :)
Looks great now:



Thanks again,

Per