[PyQt] Adding a layout to a QSlider widget

[Mark Summerfield]

On 2010-06-23, V. Armando Solé wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to create a widget consisting on a horizontal QSlider and an
> additional widget at its side. The widget should behave as a QSlider.
> 
> I have tried to do it inheriting from a QSlider but the problem is I
> cannot get the additional widget at the side of the slider. It stays on
> top.
> 
> It can be observed with the example below.
> 
> Why the added layout overwrites the QSlider?
> 
> Is there something I am missing or I have to implement everything
> starting from a QAbstractSlider?
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Armando
[snip]

I wouldn't inherit QSlider: instead I'd inherit QWidget and aggregate a
QSlider and a QLabel together:


from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui

class SliderWithBrowser(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self, *var, **kw):
        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, *var, **kw)
        self.slider = QtGui.QSlider()
        self.slider.setOrientation(QtCore.Qt.Horizontal)
        self.label = QtGui.QLabel(self)
        self.label.setText("This should not be on top of the Slider")
	# QVBoxLayout the label above; could use QHBoxLayout for
	# side-by-side
        layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout()
        layout.setMargin(0)
        layout.setSpacing(2)
        layout.addWidget(self.label)
        layout.addWidget(self.slider)
        self.setLayout(layout)
        
def test(args):
    app=QtGui.QApplication(args)
    w=SliderWithBrowser()
    w.show()
    app.exec_()
                                   
if __name__=="__main__":
    import sys
    test(sys.argv)


The above works fine for me. And you should be able to use
SliderWithBrowser just like any other widget.

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