KDE HIG - Help needed for Padding and Spacing

[Ellen Reitmayr]

Peter Simonsson wrote:

>2005/9/24, Sébastien Laoût <slaout at linux62.org>:
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>>Hello Ellen,
>>
>>If the GUI is done by coding, the programer can use those static methods:
>>
>>#include <kdialogbase.h>
>>
>>* KDialogBase::marginHint()
>>* KDialogBase::spacingHint()
>>
>>They return the number of pixels for margins (arround dialogs borders) and
>>spacings (between GUI components) in pixels.
>>
>>I however don't know where it's configured, if it's not hardcoded.
>>If it's configurable, then it doesn't matter if it's in pixels, isn't it?
>>
>>Using them make the dialogs (and other windows, of course: those functions are
>>usable from anywhere in the code) margins/spacings consistent.
>>
>>I think it's better to advise those methods instead of saying a number of
>>pixels...
>>
>>I don't know how we can get them when using Qt Designer!
>>
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>To use them in designer you need to go to the form settings
>(Edit->Form Settings...) and change the following:
>In the Layouts groupbox check Use functions and set Margin to
>KDialog::marginHint and Spacing to KDialog::spacingHint
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>
Ok, I'll try that one on Monday (don't have designer installed on this 
machine) to see if it does what it is supposed to do and then sketch the 
implemention notes chapter.

thanks a lot!  8-)
/el