[PyQt] question about size hints

[Darren Dale]

On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Yao Ko <koyao at raptr.com> wrote:
> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 5:05 AM, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 1:51 AM, Yao Ko <koyao at raptr.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 5:47 AM, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Please excuse me for bumping. Does anyone have a suggestion?
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM, Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> I have a question about size hints that can be illustrated with the
>>>>> simple example below. If I create my Test widget so it returns a size
>>>>> hint of (200,100), it is rendered with a size of 200, 100. If I create
>>>>> Test so it is 100x70, it is rendered to be 200x100. If I create test
>>>>> to be 1000x700, it is rendered to be 853x533 (my screen resolution is
>>>>> 1280x800). If I set the size policy to be fixed, then the central
>>>>> widget size policy is respected, but I can't resize the window. How
>>>>> can I make m respect the size hint of the central widget, but still
>>>>> maintain the ability to resize the window?
>
> Looks like the problem is not with the Test widget, but with the
> initial size of MainWindow.  What if you set the initial size of
> MainWindow to whatever is defined in Test.sizeHint() in
> MainWindow.__init__() ?  This way, the MainWindow will start at the
> size needed to hold the Test widget at full size, but it will still
> allow the Test widget to be smaller if user so desires.

Excellent! That appears to work. Thank you very much.

Darren