found it and used it...and it works :D thanks all, not sure how I missed that when I was going thru everything
On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Todd Widup <[email protected]> wrote: > It's the set parent I'm sure > Been looking all over for a flag function that does it but haven't found > one > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jun 29, 2015, at 11:19 PM, Justin Israel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Are you sure you are setting the parent to be the dialog for all the > widgets that are not in the layout? Do you have a sample snippet? There > shouldn't be a trick. All of the child widgets should show up in the dialog > at the absolute parent widget position. > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 2:39 PM Todd Widup <[email protected]> wrote: > >> hey all...is there some trick or function I need to use/call for a >> layout-less dialog to work and display my widgets? mie neer show up...but >> the dialog opens with no errors >> >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 6:59 PM, Todd Widup <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks Justin...hmmm, might try it without again..I tried it once, and >>> it didn't work, but will see, thanks >>> >>> On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 8:01 PM, Justin Israel <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:49 PM Todd Widup <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> so since I am still getting use to this..I just want to get this idea >>>>> straight in my head >>>>> >>>>> there is no way in a window to specify the exact placement of a >>>>> widget, al a a Maya FormLayout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> If you don't use a layout, you get absolute positioning within the >>>> parent widget. So you can set the position exactly where you want, and it >>>> will not be moved when the parent resizes. If you don't use a layout and >>>> don't set a position, all your widgets will pile up at (0,0) >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> To work around this, you use multiple layouts to create rows and >>>>> columns to get everything to place nicely..correct? >>>>> >>>> >>>> I'm assuming you mean *within* a QFormLayout? QFormLayout gives you >>>> 2-column alignment for the labels and the controls. In addition to a string >>>> or QLabel, you can put any widget you want in the "label" column. And you >>>> can put any widget into the "control" column. 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