QScrollArea not expanding when QPixmap is loaded

Conical

Hi all,

I'm working on a program that requires the user to load an image. I am using a QPixmap inside of a QLabel for the image, and that QLabel is inside a QScrollArea. When the program first starts, the label is empty, and thus the scroll area doesn't have anywhere to scroll (as intended). However, when I load an image that requires scrolling, the scroll bars do not change, and I can only see the top corner of the image.

Currently, this is the code that sets the image in the QLabel (the image paths are stored in a list):

void MainWindow::on_imageList_doubleClicked(const QModelIndex &index)
{
    QPixmap image(imageModel->itemData(index)[0].toString());
    ui->imagePanel->setPixmap(image);
}

As I said earlier, the QLabel (imagePanel) is inside the scroll area, so I am confused as to why the scroll bars do not expand to accommodate a large image.

Any helps would be much appreciated.

Edit: I admit that my explanation is a little confusing, so here's a screenshot showing what I mean. The picture is supposed to be scrollable so you can view the entire cat, but only a small part of the picture can be seen and the scroll bars do not work.

I can somewhat get around the issue by setting the QLabel scaledContents to true, but it's not ideal as the height/width ratio is not maintained.

raven-worx

@Conical
you need to resize the QLabel in the scrollarea to the size of the pixmap

SGaist

Hi,

How did you set the QLabel on your QScrollArea ?

If you put it in a layout on the scroll area then that's wrong.