QFrame Class Reference
[QtGui module]

This table shows some of the combinations of styles and line widths:

Member Type Documentation

enum QFrame::Shadow

This enum type defines the types of shadow that are used to give a 3D effect to frames.

Shadow interacts with QFrame::Shape, the lineWidth() and the midLineWidth(). See the picture of the frames in the main class documentation.

See also QFrame::Shape, lineWidth(), and midLineWidth().

enum QFrame::Shape

This enum type defines the shapes of frame available.

When it does not call QStyle, Shape interacts with QFrame::Shadow, the lineWidth() and the midLineWidth() to create the total result. See the picture of the frames in the main class documentation.

See also QFrame::Shadow, QFrame::style(), and QStyle::drawPrimitive().

enum QFrame::StyleMask

This enum defines two constants that can be used to extract the two components of frameStyle():

Normally, you don't need to use these, since frameShadow() and frameShape() already extract the Shadow and the Shape parts of frameStyle().

See also frameStyle() and setFrameStyle().

Property Documentation

frameRect : QRect

This property holds the frame's rectangle.

The frame's rectangle is the rectangle the frame is drawn in. By default, this is the entire widget. Setting the rectangle does does not cause a widget update. The frame rectangle is automatically adjusted when the widget changes size.

If you set the rectangle to a null rectangle (for example, QRect(0, 0, 0, 0)), then the resulting frame rectangle is equivalent to the widget rectangle.

Access functions:

• QRect frameRect () const
• void setFrameRect ( const QRect & )

frameShadow : Shadow

This property holds the frame shadow value from the frame style.

Access functions:

• Shadow frameShadow () const
• void setFrameShadow ( Shadow )

See also frameStyle() and frameShape().

frameShape : Shape

This property holds the frame shape value from the frame style.

Access functions:

• Shape frameShape () const
• void setFrameShape ( Shape )

See also frameStyle() and frameShadow().

frameWidth : const int

This property holds the width of the frame that is drawn.

Note that the frame width depends on the frame style, not only the line width and the mid-line width. For example, the style specified by NoFrame always has a frame width of 0, whereas the style Panel has a frame width equivalent to the line width.

Access functions:

• int frameWidth () const

See also lineWidth(), midLineWidth(), and frameStyle().

lineWidth : int

This property holds the line width.

Note that the total line width for frames used as separators (HLine and VLine) is specified by frameWidth.

The default value is 1.

Access functions:

• int lineWidth () const
• void setLineWidth ( int )

See also midLineWidth and frameWidth.

midLineWidth : int

This property holds the width of the mid-line.

The default value is 0.

Access functions:

• int midLineWidth () const
• void setMidLineWidth ( int )

See also lineWidth and frameWidth.

Member Function Documentation

QFrame::QFrame ( QWidget * parent = 0, Qt::WindowFlags f = 0 )

Constructs a frame widget with frame style NoFrame and a 1-pixel frame width.

The parent and f arguments are passed to the QWidget constructor.

QFrame::~QFrame ()

Destroys the frame.

int QFrame::frameStyle () const

Returns the frame style.

The default value is QFrame::NoFrame.

See also setFrameStyle(), frameShape(), and frameShadow().

void QFrame::setFrameStyle ( int style )

Sets the frame style to style.

The style is the bitwise OR between a frame shape and a frame shadow style. See the picture of the frames in the main class documentation.

The frame shapes are given in QFrame::Shape and the shadow styles in QFrame::Shadow.

If a mid-line width greater than 0 is specified, an additional line is drawn for Raised or Sunken Box, HLine, and VLine frames. The mid-color of the current color group is used for drawing middle lines.

See also frameStyle().