QWorkspace(3qt) 														   QWorkspace(3qt)

NAME

       QWorkspace - Workspace window that can contain decorated windows, e.g. for MDI

SYNOPSIS

       #include <qworkspace.h>

       Inherits QWidget.

   Public Members
       QWorkspace ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
       ~QWorkspace ()
       enum WindowOrder { CreationOrder, StackingOrder }
       QWidget * activeWindow () const
       QWidgetList windowList () const	(obsolete)
       QWidgetList windowList ( WindowOrder order ) const
       bool scrollBarsEnabled () const
       void setScrollBarsEnabled ( bool enable )

   Public Slots
       void cascade ()
       void tile ()
       void closeActiveWindow ()
       void closeAllWindows ()
       void activateNextWindow ()
       void activatePrevWindow ()

   Signals
       void windowActivated ( QWidget * w )

   Properties
       bool scrollBarsEnabled - whether the workspace provides scrollbars

DESCRIPTION

       The QWorkspace widget provides a workspace window that can contain decorated windows, e.g. for MDI.

       MDI (multiple document interface) applications typically have one main window with a menu bar and toolbar, and a central widget that is a
       QWorkspace. The workspace itself contains zero, one or more document windows, each of which is a widget.

       The workspace itself is an ordinary Qt widget. It has a standard constructor that takes a parent widget and an object name. The parent
       window is usually a QMainWindow, but it need not be.

       Document windows (i.e. MDI windows) are also ordinary Qt widgets which have the workspace as their parent widget. When you call show(),
       hide(), showMaximized(), setCaption(), etc. on a document window, it is shown, hidden, etc. with a frame, caption, icon and icon text, just
       as you'd expect. You can provide widget flags which will be used for the layout of the decoration or the behaviour of the widget itself.

       To change or retrieve the geometry of MDI windows you must operate on the MDI widget's parentWidget(). (The parentWidget() provides access
       to the decorated window in which the MDI window's widget is shown.)

       A document window becomes active when it gets the keyboard focus. You can also activate a window in code using setFocus(). The user can
       activate a window by moving focus in the usual ways, for example by clicking a window or by pressing Tab. The workspace emits a signal
       windowActivated() when it detects the activation change, and the function activeWindow() always returns a pointer to the active document
       window.

       The convenience function windowList() returns a list of all document windows. This is useful to create a popup menu" <u>W</u>indows" on the
       fly, for example.

       QWorkspace provides two built-in layout strategies for child windows: cascade() and tile(). Both are slots so you can easily connect menu
       entries to them.

       If you want your users to be able to work with document windows larger than the actual workspace, set the scrollBarsEnabled property to
       TRUE.

       If the top-level window contains a menu bar and a document window is maximised, QWorkspace moves the document window's minimize, restore
       and close buttons from the document window's frame to the workspace window's menu bar. It then inserts a window operations menu at the far
       left of the menu bar.

       See also Main Window and Related Classes and Organizers.

   Member Type Documentation
QWorkspace::WindowOrder
       Specifies the order in which windows are returned from windowList().

       QWorkspace::CreationOrder - The windows are returned in the order of their creation

       QWorkspace::StackingOrder - The windows are returned in the order of their stacking

MEMBER FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

QWorkspace::QWorkspace ( QWidget * parent = 0, const char * name = 0 )
       Constructs a workspace with a parent and a name.

QWorkspace::~QWorkspace ()
       Destroys the workspace and frees any allocated resources.

void QWorkspace::activateNextWindow () [slot]
       Activates the next window in the child window chain.

       See also activatePrevWindow().

void QWorkspace::activatePrevWindow () [slot]
       Activates the previous window in the child window chain.

       See also activateNextWindow().

QWidget * QWorkspace::activeWindow () const
       Returns the active window, or 0 if no window is active.

       Example: mdi/application.cpp.

void QWorkspace::cascade () [slot]
       Arranges all the child windows in a cascade pattern.

       See also tile().

       Example: mdi/application.cpp.

void QWorkspace::closeActiveWindow () [slot]
       Closes the child window that is currently active.

       See also closeAllWindows().

void QWorkspace::closeAllWindows () [slot]
       Closes all child windows.

       The windows are closed in random order. The operation stops if a window does not accept the close event.

       See also closeActiveWindow().

bool QWorkspace::scrollBarsEnabled () const
       Returns TRUE if the workspace provides scrollbars; otherwise returns FALSE. See the "scrollBarsEnabled" property for details.

void QWorkspace::setScrollBarsEnabled ( bool enable )
       Sets whether the workspace provides scrollbars to enable. See the "scrollBarsEnabled" property for details.

void QWorkspace::tile () [slot]
       Arranges all child windows in a tile pattern.

       See also cascade().

       Example: mdi/application.cpp.

void QWorkspace::windowActivated ( QWidget * w ) [signal]
       This signal is emitted when the window widget w becomes active. Note that w can be null, and that more than one signal may be emitted for a
       single activation event.

       See also activeWindow() and windowList().

QWidgetList QWorkspace::windowList ( WindowOrder order ) const
       Returns a list of all windows. If order is CreationOrder (the default) the windows are listed in the order in which they had been inserted
       into the workspace. If order is StackingOrder the windows are listed in their stacking order, with the topmost window being the last window
       in the list.

       QWidgetList is the same as QPtrList<QWidget>.

       See also QPtrList.

       Example: mdi/application.cpp.

QWidgetList QWorkspace::windowList () const
       This function is obsolete. It is provided to keep old source working. We strongly advise against using it in new code.

       This is an overloaded member function, provided for convenience. It behaves essentially like the above function.

   Property Documentation
bool scrollBarsEnabled
       This property holds whether the workspace provides scrollbars.

       If this property is set to TRUE, it is possible to resize child windows over the right or the bottom edge out of the visible area of the
       workspace. The workspace shows scrollbars to make it possible for the user to access those windows. If this property is set to FALSE (the
       default), resizing windows out of the visible area of the workspace is not permitted.

       Set this property's value with setScrollBarsEnabled() and get this property's value with scrollBarsEnabled().

SEE ALSO

       http://doc.trolltech.com/qworkspace.html http://www.trolltech.com/faq/tech.html

COPYRIGHT

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       statement.

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Trolltech AS							  2 February 2007						   QWorkspace(3qt)