groupbox object class

Provides a groupbox bar.

Inherits

Description

This widget can be used to display a groupbox. It will be usually a parent for other child controls. You can either use a child layout to manage the child geometries or use $setColumnLayout to manage the layout automatically.

Functions

$setTitle(<text:String>)

Sets the group box title to <text>.

<string> $title()

Returns the groupbox title text.

$setFlat(<bflag:boolean>)

Sets whether the group box is painted flat. Valid Values are 1 or 0.

<boolean> $isFlat()

Returns 1 (true) if the groupbox is painted flat; otherwise returns 0 (false).

<boolean> $isCheckable()

Returns 1 (true) if the group box has a checkbox in its title; otherwise returns 0 (false).

$setCheckable(<bflag:boolean>)

Sets whether the groupbox has a checkbox in its title: Valid values are 1 or 0.

$setInsideMargin(<margin:uint>)

Sets the the width of the inside margin to m pixels.

<integer> $insideMargin()

Returns the width of the empty space between the items in the group and margin of groupbox.

$setInsideSpacing(<spacing:uint>)

Sets the width of the empty space between each of the items in the group to m pixels.

<integer> $insideSpacing()

Returns the width of the empty space between each of the items in the group.

$addSpace()

Adds an empty cell at the next free position.

<string> $alignment()

Returns the alignment of the groupbox title.

$setAlignment(<alignment:string>)

Set the alignment of the groupbox; Valid values are: Left, Right, HCenter.

$setOrientation<orientation:string>

Sets the groupbox's orientation. Valid values are: Horizontal, Vertical.

Examples

# First we'll create the main widget. as a dialog
%widget=$new(dialog)
%layout=$new(layout,%widget)
# Then the groupbox
%gb=$new(groupbox,%widget)
%gb->$setTitle(Login)
%gb->$setAlignment("Left")
# Add the groupbox to the main layout
%layout->$addWidget(%gb,0,0)

# Now we create the user field
# (labels + lineedit) in a horizontal box

%hbox=$new(hbox,%gb)
%labeluser=$new(label,%hbox)
%labeluser->$settext(User: )
%inputuser=$new(lineedit,%hbox)

# Now we create the password field
# (labels + lineedit) in a horizontal box

%hbox=$new(hbox,%gb)
%labelpass=$new(label,%hbox)
%labelpass->$settext(Pass: )
%inputpass=$new(lineedit,%hbox)
%inputpass->$setechomode("password")
# Now we create the OK/Cancel box buttons
%hbox=$new(hbox,%gb)
%btnok=$new(button,%hbox)
%btnok->$settext("OK")
%btncancel=$new(button,%hbox)
%btncancel->$settext("Cancel")
# Let's show our nice form
%widget->$show()

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