Qt add Widget to GraphicsView?

Question

Is there a way to draw Widgets on QGraphicsView instead of QGraphicsScene so that the widget stays in position when the scene is moved?

I want to create some dialogs that are dockable inside the workspace like this:

http://www.thebandfrom.com/wp-content/uploads/photoshop-ui.png

Answer 1

You can use the addWidget function of QGraphicsScene , and then set the QGraphicsItem::ItemIgnoresTransformations flag to the added QGraphicsProxyWidget .

QGraphicsProxyWidget* proxyWidget = scene->addWidget(myWidget);
proxyWidget->setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemIgnoresTransformations);

Answer 2

You can add widgets onto the QGraphicsView directly by setting the QGraphicsView as their parent. You could also add a layout so that when the QGraphicsView is resized, your widgets arrange themselves appropriately.