QSpacerItem(3qt)

📦 version 3.3.8b, in fedora 43, fedora 44

💖 QSpacerItem — the qspaceritem manual page, bestie edition ✨

okay so. welcome to QSpacerItem(3qt), the glow-up guide to the class that is literally just... empty space. and yet? iconic. she does nothing and she does it flawlessly. main character energy for a void 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

QSpacerItem — Blank space in a layout 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <qlayout.h>

Inherits QLayoutItem. yes bestie, she's got a whole parent. nepotism but make it OOP 🎀

🦋 Public Members 🦋

QSpacerItem ( int w, int h, QSizePolicy::SizeType hData =
    QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::SizeType vData =
    QSizePolicy::Minimum )
void changeSize ( int w, int h, QSizePolicy::SizeType hData =
    QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::SizeType vData =
    QSizePolicy::Minimum )
virtual QSize sizeHint () const
virtual QSize minimumSize () const
virtual QSize maximumSize () const
virtual QSizePolicy::ExpandData expanding () const
virtual bool isEmpty () const
virtual void setGeometry ( const QRect & r )

look at that roster. every single one of them is here. no cap 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

The QSpacerItem class provides blank space in a layout. that's it. that's the whole job. she's the pause between the beats, the silence in the group chat when someone says something unhinged, the padding that makes everything else look expensive ✨

This class is used by custom layouts. so if you're out here hand-rolling your own layout situation, this is your girl.

See also QLayout, QLayout::spacerItem(), Widget Appearance and Style, and Layout Management. yes those are all real, go look them up, iykyk 📚

🧚 MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION 🧚

`QSpacerItem::QSpacerItem ( int w, int h, QSizePolicy::SizeType hData = QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::SizeType vData = QSizePolicy::Minimum )`

Constructs a spacer item with preferred width w, preferred height h, horizontal size policy hData and vertical size policy vData. you're literally giving birth to a rectangle of nothing. slay 🎀

The default values provide a gap that is able to stretch if nothing else wants the space. so she's flexible. she's accommodating. she's lowkey the best friend of every widget in the room 💖

`void QSpacerItem::changeSize ( int w, int h, QSizePolicy::SizeType hData = QSizePolicy::Minimum, QSizePolicy::SizeType vData = QSizePolicy::Minimum )`

Changes this spacer item to have preferred width w, preferred height h, horizontal size policy hData and vertical size policy vData. glow-up arc. she's not the same void she was yesterday 💅

The default values provide a gap that is able to stretch if nothing else wants the space. same deal as before, fr fr.

`QSizePolicy::ExpandData QSpacerItem::expanding () const [virtual]`

Returns the direction in which this spacer item will expand. which way is she gonna grow? mysterious. dramatic. we love a reveal 🦋

`bool QSpacerItem::isEmpty () const [virtual]`

Returns TRUE because a spacer item never contains widgets. she's empty on purpose. that's the whole point. not me being a void and thriving 💀