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How do I hide the window title bar from QDockWidget

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  • M mrjj
    5 Jul 2020, 19:09

    @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 5 Jul 2020, 19:17 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
      5 Jul 2020, 19:17

      @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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      wrote on 5 Jul 2020, 19:19 last edited by
      #22

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

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      • M mrjj
        5 Jul 2020, 19:19

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

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        wrote on 5 Jul 2020, 19:23 last edited by
        #23

        @mrjj

        My program crashed on run

        QWidget * titleBar = m_ui->myrDockWidget->titleBarWidget();
        titleBar->setFixedHeight(1);
        
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        • L lansing
          5 Jul 2020, 19:23

          @mrjj

          My program crashed on run

          QWidget * titleBar = m_ui->myrDockWidget->titleBarWidget();
          titleBar->setFixedHeight(1);
          
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          wrote on 5 Jul 2020, 19:29 last edited by mrjj 7 May 2020, 19:30
          #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.

          alt text

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          • M mrjj
            5 Jul 2020, 19:29

            @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 5 Jul 2020, 19:33 last edited by Bonnie 7 May 2020, 19:33
            #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
              5 Jul 2020, 19:33

              @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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              wrote on 5 Jul 2020, 19:33 last edited by mrjj 7 May 2020, 19:35
              #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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              • M mrjj
                5 Jul 2020, 19:33

                @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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                Bonnie
                wrote on 5 Jul 2020, 19:37 last edited by Bonnie 7 May 2020, 19:43
                #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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                • M mrjj
                  5 Jul 2020, 19:33

                  @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 5 Jul 2020, 19:41 last edited by
                  #28

                  @mrjj

                  Yes it's the title bar

                  alt text

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                  • L lansing
                    5 Jul 2020, 19:41

                    @mrjj

                    Yes it's the title bar

                    alt text

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                    wrote on 5 Jul 2020, 19:44 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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                    • M mrjj
                      5 Jul 2020, 14:39

                      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 15 Dec 2022, 07:58 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
                        15 Dec 2022, 07:58

                        @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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                        wrote on 15 Dec 2022, 12:53 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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                          JonB
                          wrote on 15 Dec 2022, 12:55 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 15 Dec 2022, 16:14 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
                              5 Jul 2020, 14:13

                              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 9 Feb 2025, 18:58 last edited by RokeJulianLockhart 2 Sept 2025, 19:04
                              #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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