Label in a QToolbar

Question

How would you suggest to add a label on a QToolbar ? Since it only accepts action or somethings like that.

Thx

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 30 '12 at 08:53

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As abresas wrote, a toolbar can be populated with a QAction. The QString passed along with the QAction is used in several ways (e.g as tooltip), but with 4.8 the default is to show a toolbar button with the icon only. To show the text with the icon, set the toolbar to a Qt::ToolButtonStyle, e.g.

ui->toolBar->setToolButtonStyle( Qt::ToolButtonTextUnderIcon );

answered Nov 30 '12 at 08:53

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I had to do `ui->mainToolBar->setToolButtonStyle( Qt::ToolButtonTextUnderIcon );` in Qt 5.4 – zar Aug 08 '15 at 03:34
strangely enough the text shows up tripped in the bottom for long characters like 'g'. Any idea why that might be? – zar Aug 10 '15 at 14:47

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '12 at 21:56

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The QToolBar also accepts widgets like a QLabel through the method QToolBar::addWidget.

answered Apr 09 '12 at 21:56

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score -2 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 29 '15 at 07:35

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You just pass the string to addAction method.

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtoolbar.html

QAction *   addAction ( const QString & text )

edited Oct 29 '15 at 07:35

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answered Apr 09 '12 at 21:02

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If you do it like this then it is also a button – veio Jun 18 '16 at 12:16

Label in a QToolbar

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