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| author | David Boddie <dboddie@trolltech.com> | 2009-09-16 14:41:59 +0200 |
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| committer | David Boddie <dboddie@trolltech.com> | 2009-09-16 15:54:35 +0200 |
| commit | 203fbe268836adb64e4022fb0f3dffe1fe9c3d72 (patch) | |
| tree | 9b9a305d6dcbe8324b99a83b74b5ad5fbfa05941 /doc/src/development | |
| parent | c80529584a955bea1b9e49cde0775c9ce53ce1c8 (diff) | |
Doc: Added notes about using dock widgets and fixed some references.
Reviewed-by: Trust Me
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/development')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/src/development/designer-manual.qdoc | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/development/designer-manual.qdoc b/doc/src/development/designer-manual.qdoc index b78d2619b8..65b6baaf74 100644 --- a/doc/src/development/designer-manual.qdoc +++ b/doc/src/development/designer-manual.qdoc @@ -1572,8 +1572,8 @@ \section2 Creating a Menu Entry - Double-click the \gui{new action} placeholder to begin editing, or - double-click \gui{new separator} to insert a new separator line after + Double-click the \gui{Type Here} placeholder to begin editing, or + double-click \gui{Add Separator} to insert a new separator line after the last entry in the menu. The menu entry's text is displayed using a line edit, and can be @@ -1743,13 +1743,19 @@ \section2 Adding a Dock Widget - To add a dock widget, simply drag one from the \gui Containers section - of the widget box, and drop it onto the main form area. Just like other - widgets, its properties can be modified with the \gui{Property Editor}. + To add a dock widget to a form, drag one from the \gui Containers section + of the widget box, and drop it onto the main form area. Do not add the + dock widget to an existing layout. Instead, open the \gui{Property Editor} + and enable the \gui{docked} property to place it in a dock area. - Dock widgets can be optionally floated as indpendent tool windows. + Note that it is sometimes easier to configure a dock widget if it is added + to a form before a layout is applied to the central widget. For example, + it is possible to undock it and resize it, making it more convenient to + add child widgets. + + Dock widgets can be optionally floated as independent tool windows. Hence, it is useful to give them window titles by setting their - \gui{windowTitle} property. This also helps to identify them on the + \l{QDockWidget::}{windowTitle} property. This also helps to identify them on the form. \raw HTML |