QtCharts with Qt Creator

[Mattia]

Dear all,

I am trying to add a QChart to a simple dialog window, but I encounter some problems: I have created the dialog and I have inserted a QWidget from QtDesigner. Then I have promoted the widget to a class named ChartWidget and I have created this class that result like that:

ChartWidget.h

#include <QWidget>

class ChartWidget : public QWidget
{
	Q_OBJECT

public:
	explicit ChartWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
};

ChartWidget.cpp

#include "ChartWidget.h"
#include <QtCharts/QChartView>
#include <QtCharts/QLineSeries>
#include <QtWidgets/QGridLayout>


using namespace QtCharts;

ChartWidget::ChartWidget(QWidget *parent) :
	QWidget(parent)
{
	QLineSeries *series = new QLineSeries();
	series->setName("Line 1");

	series->append(0, 6);
	series->append(2, 4);
	series->append(3, 8);
	series->append(7, 4);
	series->append(10, 5);
	*series << QPointF(11, 1) << QPointF(13, 3) << QPointF(17, 6) << QPointF(18, 3) << QPointF(20, 2);

	QChart *chart = new QChart();
	chart->setAnimationOptions(QChart::AllAnimations);

	chart->legend()->hide();
	chart->addSeries(series);
	chart->createDefaultAxes();
	chart->setTitle("Simple line chart example");

	QChartView *chartView = new QChartView(chart);
	chartView->setRenderHint(QPainter::Antialiasing);
	chartView->setMinimumSize(640, 480);
	/*
	// create main layout
	QGridLayout *mainLayout = new QGridLayout;
	mainLayout->addWidget(chartView, 1, 1);
	mainLayout->setColumnStretch(1, 1);
	mainLayout->setColumnStretch(0, 0);
	setLayout(mainLayout);*/
}

But with this implementation, when i compile, the dialog window opens correctly, but it is empty. Instead if I uncomment the last lines in the cpp file, I see the chart correctly, but I am not controlling the layout with the QtDesigner anymore. How can I see the chart using the QtDesigner to setup the layout?

Thanks

[6thC]

It might not be the answer but it is a answer. I declare my charts using QML to maintain declarative / visual design.

I only control them from C++ with C++ data. I do all the processing of dynamic axis ranges inside that, I do stupidly high frequency updates.

I'd recommend, if you very frequently update your line series like I do to use: void QXYSeries::replace(QVector<QPointF> points) (or QList...)

and also set your LineSeries to use open GL either from QML or C++ works fine, you do lose some functionality but it saves using canvas (which is slower) if you have lots of points of data, with many fast updates.

HTH