Hi Lincoln! On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 8:13 PM, Lincoln Ramsay <lincoln.ram...@nokia.com> wrote: > On 08/17/2012 09:09 AM, ext K. Frank wrote: >> What would be a good strategy to make a button move to another >> location when approached by the mouse? > > Create your button as normal but don't put it in a layout. Instead, > position it manually (this means you'll need a fixed window size or code > to reposition the button in resizeEvent). > > Then just track the mouse(1) and when it gets close to your button, > change it's x and y properties to move it. > > 1) http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7-snapshot/qwidget.html#mouseTracking-prop)
That looks like just the ticket. I will give it a try. > It may be simpler to start with the button in a layout until the mouse > first gets close (then remove it from the layout when you want to move > it). That way you don't need to determine the initial position of the > button yourself. Thanks. I'll probably use a fixed-size window and just hand-code the positions. > -- > Lincoln Ramsay - Senior Software Engineer > Qt Development Frameworks, Nokia - http://qt.nokia.com/ Thanks for your help. K. Frank _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest
