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Beginning PyQt: A Hands-on Approach to GUI Programming
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Beginning PyQt: A Hands-on Approach to GUI Programming

by Joshua M. Willman
May 2020
Beginner
449 pages
8h 37m
English
Apress
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© Joshua M. Willman 2020
J. M. WillmanBeginning PyQthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5857-6_4

4. Learning About Layout Management

Joshua M. Willman1 
(1)
Hampton, VA, USA
 

The previous chapters laid the foundation for getting started in PyQt5 as you learned to create GUIs with more functionality by adding widgets such as QPushButton and QCheckBox. Rather than continue to barrage you with PyQt’s numerous widgets, taking a moment to learn about the various layout managers will save us some trouble moving forward.

Layout management is the way in which we arrange widgets in our windows. This can involve a number of different factors, including size and position, resize handling, and adding or removing widgets. Layout management is also very important ...

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