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authorKavindra Devi Palaraja <kavindra.palaraja@nokia.com>2009-05-26 11:42:33 (GMT)
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You start by choosing \gui Widget from the \gui{New Form} dialog.
\endtable
- Then you drag three labels, three spin boxes and three vertical sliders on
- to your form. To change the label's default text, simply double-click on
- it. The screenshot below shows the form after all three labels have been
- renamed.
-
- You can roughly arrange them according to how you would like them to be
- laid out.
\table
- \row \o \inlineimage rgbController-widgetBox.png
- \o \inlineimage rgbController-arrangement.png
- \endtable
+ \row
+ \i \inlineimage rgbController-arrangement.png
+ \i \bold{Placing Widgets on a Form}
+ Drag three labels, three spin boxes and three vertical sliders on to your
+ form. To change the label's default text, simply double-click on it. You
+ can arrange them according to how you would like them to be laid out.
+ \endtable
+
To ensure that they are laid out exactly like this in your program, you
need to place these widgets into a layout. We will do this in groups of
three. Select the "RED" label. Then, hold down \key Ctrl while you select
its corresponding spin box and slider. In the \gui{Form} menu, select
\gui{Lay Out in a Grid}.
- \omit
\table
\row
\i \inlineimage rgbController-form-gridLayout.png
\i \inlineimage rgbController-selectForLayout.png
\endtable
- \endomit
Repeat the step for the other two labels along with their corresponding
- spin boxes and sliders as well. Your form will now look similar to the
- screenshot below.
-
- \omit
- \image rgbController-almostLaidOut.png
- \endomit
+ spin boxes and sliders as well.
The next step is to combine all three layouts into one \bold{main layout}.
It is important that your form has a main layout; otherwise, the widgets
@@ -478,7 +469,9 @@
layout, \gui{Right click} anywhere on your form, outside of the three
separate layouts, and select \gui{Lay Out Horizontally}. Alternatively, you
could also select \gui{Lay Out in a Grid} -- you will still see the same
- arrangement.
+ arrangement (shown below).
+
+ \image rgbController-final-layout.png
\note Main layouts cannot be seen on the form. To check if you have a main
layout installed, try resizing your form; your widgets should resize
@@ -495,7 +488,6 @@
pressing \key{F4} or something \gui{Edit Signals/Slots} from the \gui{Edit}
menu.
- \omit
\table
\row
\i \inlineimage rgbController-signalsAndSlots.png
@@ -505,11 +497,8 @@
\gui{Configure Connection} dialog, shown below, will pop up. Select the
correct signal and slot and click \gui OK.
\endtable
- \endomit
- \omit
\image rgbController-configureConnection.png
- \endomit
Repeat the step (in reverse order), clicking on the spin box and dragging
the cursor towards the slider, to connect the spin box's