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authorShane Kearns <shane.kearns@sosco.com>2009-09-16 13:53:21 (GMT)
committerShane Kearns <shane.kearns@sosco.com>2009-09-16 13:53:21 (GMT)
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Merge branch '4.6' of git@scm.dev.nokia.troll.no:qt/qt into 4.6
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- \table
\section2 Creating a Menu Entry
- Double-click the \gui{new action} placeholder to begin editing, or
- double-click \gui{new separator} to insert a new separator line after
+ Double-click the \gui{Type Here} placeholder to begin editing, or
+ double-click \gui{Add Separator} to insert a new separator line after
the last entry in the menu.
The menu entry's text is displayed using a line edit, and can be
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Since actions can be represented by menu entries and toolbar buttons,
they can be moved between menus and toolbars.
- \target AddingAnAction
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\section2 Adding a Dock Widget
- To add a dock widget, simply drag one from the \gui Containers section
- of the widget box, and drop it onto the main form area. Just like other
- widgets, its properties can be modified with the \gui{Property Editor}.
+ To add a dock widget to a form, drag one from the \gui Containers section
+ of the widget box, and drop it onto the main form area. Do not add the
+ dock widget to an existing layout. Instead, open the \gui{Property Editor}
+ and enable the \gui{docked} property to place it in a dock area.
+
+ Note that it is sometimes easier to configure a dock widget if it is added
+ to a form before a layout is applied to the central widget. For example,
+ it is possible to undock it and resize it, making it more convenient to
+ add child widgets.
- Dock widgets can be optionally floated as indpendent tool windows.
+ Dock widgets can be optionally floated as independent tool windows.
Hence, it is useful to give them window titles by setting their
- \gui{windowTitle} property. This also helps to identify them on the
+ \l{QDockWidget::}{windowTitle} property. This also helps to identify them on the
form.
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