[PyQt] Resizing a DockWidget?

[Darryl Wallace]

Try this: 

http://www.qtsoftware.com/developer/faqs/550

Darryl


Marc Nations wrote:
> I'm trying to resize it while it is docked. The reason I'm trying to 
> resize it is because I want to adjust the default width of the form 
> based on how many other windows are currently open in the main 
> application and how big the monitor is. As a result, I won't know it's 
> geometry until after the application starts. The dock widget is hidden 
> until the user decides to open it. At the point it needs to know it's 
> size.
> So when you say it's going to take the shape of the space it's docked 
> in, I had assumed that using the resize() function would propagate 
> upwards and instruct the containing frame to redraw. Is that not the case?
>  
> As far as going the other direction and resizing the containing frame, 
> which would then force a resize on the dock widget, I'm not sure how 
> to reference the containing frame since the parent object is the main 
> window.
>  
>
>  
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Darryl Wallace 
> <darryl.wallace at prosensus.ca <mailto:darryl.wallace at prosensus.ca>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>
>     Marc Nations wrote:
>
>         Hi,
>          I'm trying to resize a DockWidget after the application has
>         started. I have tried all of the functions that I thought
>         would resize it:
>          self.ui.dockWidget.setGeometry(x,y,w,h)
>         self.ui.dockWidget.resize(w,h)
>          I tried with QSize and QGeometry as well. I also tried using
>         the adjustSize() and a couple of others to see if it changed.
>         I tried to call show() after to see if it would help, but
>         nothing seems to work.
>          It flickers momentarily at the new size and pops back, so it
>         looks like it's being properly resizes and then something
>         resets it back to the original size. Is this the correct way
>         to resize the dock widget, and what is causing it to
>         immediately change again?
>
>     Perhaps this is a silly question, but is it floating or is it
>     docked?  If it's docked then it's going to take the shape of the
>     space in which it is docked.  If it is docked, I am wondering why
>     you're trying to change it's shape.
>
>     Darryl
>
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