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How do I hide the window title bar from QDockWidget

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  • L lansing

    @mrjj

    The top gap does become smaller, but when docked, I still couldn't move the contents into the title bar area.

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    mrjj
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    wrote on last edited by
    #20

    @lansing
    Well when a widget is in a layout its not possible to move it.

    you could try to use
    https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdockwidget.html#titleBarWidget
    and then setFixedHeight(1);
    and see if that changes anything.

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    • mrjjM mrjj

      @lansing
      Well when a widget is in a layout its not possible to move it.

      you could try to use
      https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qdockwidget.html#titleBarWidget
      and then setFixedHeight(1);
      and see if that changes anything.

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      lansing
      wrote on last edited by
      #21

      @mrjj

      This will be worse because now it's even harder to click and drag the widget.

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      • L lansing

        @mrjj

        This will be worse because now it's even harder to click and drag the widget.

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        mrjj
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        #22

        @lansing
        Yes that was expected.
        But did it accept smaller size ?

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        • mrjjM mrjj

          @lansing
          Yes that was expected.
          But did it accept smaller size ?

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          lansing
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          #23

          @mrjj

          My program crashed on run

          QWidget * titleBar = m_ui->myrDockWidget->titleBarWidget();
          titleBar->setFixedHeight(1);
          
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          • L lansing

            @mrjj

            My program crashed on run

            QWidget * titleBar = m_ui->myrDockWidget->titleBarWidget();
            titleBar->setFixedHeight(1);
            
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            mrjj
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            wrote on last edited by mrjj
            #24

            @lansing
            ah sorry my bad
            Docs says
            "Returns the custom title bar widget set on the QDockWidget, or nullptr if no custom title bar has been set."

            but we didnt anymore so its null. ok so not an option unless we do
            m_ui->myDockWidget->setTitleBarWidget(new QWidget(m_ui->myDockWidget));

            But you are right. Its too hard to hit if smaller so guess we just have to leave it.

            I just wonder where that space comes from as the examples don't have it.

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            • mrjjM mrjj

              @lansing
              ah sorry my bad
              Docs says
              "Returns the custom title bar widget set on the QDockWidget, or nullptr if no custom title bar has been set."

              but we didnt anymore so its null. ok so not an option unless we do
              m_ui->myDockWidget->setTitleBarWidget(new QWidget(m_ui->myDockWidget));

              But you are right. Its too hard to hit if smaller so guess we just have to leave it.

              I just wonder where that space comes from as the examples don't have it.

              alt text

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              Bonnie
              wrote on last edited by Bonnie
              #25

              @mrjj said in How do I hide the window title bar from QTabWidget:

              I just wonder where that space comes from as the examples don't have it.

              That must be the layout default margins...The OP mentioned using a vertical layout...

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              • B Bonnie

                @mrjj said in How do I hide the window title bar from QTabWidget:

                I just wonder where that space comes from as the examples don't have it.

                That must be the layout default margins...The OP mentioned using a vertical layout...

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                mrjj
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                wrote on last edited by mrjj
                #26

                @Bonnie
                Also my thought but we did try
                setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0);
                higher up.

                So maybe that space is really just the hidden titlebar, it just look bigger to me than the samples.

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                • mrjjM mrjj

                  @Bonnie
                  Also my thought but we did try
                  setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0);
                  higher up.

                  So maybe that space is really just the hidden titlebar, it just look bigger to me than the samples.

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                  wrote on last edited by Bonnie
                  #27

                  @mrjj said in How do I hide the window title bar from QTabWidget:

                  setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0);

                  I would guess that the OP call that on the widget, not the layout...
                  Ah...maybe not...
                  I'm not sure what's the current situation now. I thought the gap in the later picture would be that titlebar?

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                  • mrjjM mrjj

                    @Bonnie
                    Also my thought but we did try
                    setContentsMargins(0,0,0,0);
                    higher up.

                    So maybe that space is really just the hidden titlebar, it just look bigger to me than the samples.

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                    lansing
                    wrote on last edited by
                    #28

                    @mrjj

                    Yes it's the title bar

                    alt text

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                    • L lansing

                      @mrjj

                      Yes it's the title bar

                      alt text

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                      mrjj
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                      wrote on last edited by
                      #29

                      @lansing
                      Ok so thats as far as we can come as you cannot move tabWidget more up. :)

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                      • mrjjM mrjj

                        Hi
                        What title bar ??

                        alt text

                        If you mean when you use it as a window so its shown with the normal border and title then you can do

                        setWindowFlags(Qt::Window | Qt::FramelessWindowHint);

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                        Yunus
                        wrote on last edited by
                        #30

                        @mrjj is there any way to use Qt::FramelessWindowHint and giving resizeability to the widget at the same time. Because whenweused the Qt::FramelessWindowHint, widget is not able to be resizeable anymore ?

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                        • YunusY Yunus

                          @mrjj is there any way to use Qt::FramelessWindowHint and giving resizeability to the widget at the same time. Because whenweused the Qt::FramelessWindowHint, widget is not able to be resizeable anymore ?

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                          mrjj
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                          wrote on last edited by mrjj
                          #31

                          @Yunus
                          Hi
                          Sadly not. That flag removes the decorations. ( the frame) and those are used by the OS to resize.
                          It's possible to hand code it but it's hard work.
                          Often people use less code-intensive solution and allow resize from right, bottom corner only.
                          Using this class
                          https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qsizegrip.html

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                            wrote on last edited by
                            #32

                            @Yunus , @mrjj
                            See https://forum.qt.io/topic/141510/how-to-make-framelesswindowhint-resizable

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                              mrjj
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                              wrote on last edited by
                              #33

                              Hi
                              There is also
                              https://github.com/dfct/TrueFramelessWindow
                              which supports most features like resizing and dragging

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                              • L lansing

                                I want to hide the default "window title" bar that's on top of the dockwidget, I couldn't find the answer anywhere.

                                UPDATE: update to a more accurate title for future reference

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                                RokeJulianLockhart
                                wrote on last edited by RokeJulianLockhart
                                #34

                                I want to hide the default "window title" bar that's on top of the dockwidget.

                                @lansing, stackoverflow.com/revisions/21701604/1 should work:

                                dockWidget->setTitleBarWidget(new QWidget());
                                

                                Otherwise, maybe follow stackoverflow.com/q/18918496.

                                When using a forum, remember to tag the person you are responding to, in case they are not subscribed to the thread.

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