How to use QToolBar and QToolButton in Qt
Introduction[edit | edit source]
This is a small code snippet which shows the use of the toolbar and tool button in Qt. With use of this code snippet one can easily create a small toolbar and adds buttons to it. Here all three buttons are set for same function that is to quit from application.
Code Snippet[edit | edit source]
- include <QApplication>
- include <QToolButton>
- include <QToolBar>
- include <QWidget>
- include <QVBoxLayout>
- include <QIcon>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QWidget *win = new QWidget;
QToolBar *tool = new QToolBar;
tool->setGeometry(0,0,200,20);
QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
QToolButton *button = new QToolButton;
button->setGeometry(0,0,10,20);
button->setIcon(QIcon("c://openbutton.png"));
QToolButton *button1 = new QToolButton;
button1->setIcon(QIcon("c://savebutton.png"));
QToolButton *button2 = new QToolButton;
button2->setIcon(QIcon("c://exitbutton.png"));
tool->addWidget(button);
tool->addSeparator();
tool->addWidget(button1);
tool->addSeparator();
tool->addWidget(button2);
layout->addWidget(tool);
win->setLayout(layout);
win->showMaximized();
return app.exec();
}
Screenshot[edit | edit source]
Making the toolbar movable[edit | edit source]
The toolbar can be made movable by using the following functions,
- This function is used to move toolbar in QMainWindow.
toolbar->setMovable(1);
- This is used to enable drag and drop toolbar.
toolbar->setFloatable(1);
- This is used to know were toolbar is to be place in QMainWindow.
toolbar->setAllowedAreas(Qt::AllToolBarAreas);
More information[edit | edit source]
- More about QToolBar
- More about QToolButton
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