QT3/QT4 question for developers

[paralis]

Kubuntu has a good looking panel control for system settings with icons arranged on 4 lines (for general stuff). Or at least it looks good on screenshots. Now as soon as you use it, the window resizes itself to display all it needs to show and when the back button is clicked on, it's a lot less sexy since the window keeps the size it had previsouly and the four lines of icons look weird with plenty of space below and on the right side.
In other words, it appears that QT windows can resize in only one way (enlarging) but never go back to the previous size if the content to display does not need the space it needed previously.

I have tested on a ms windows computer the apple browser 'safari'. The preferences window in that app, resizes itself dynamically according to what it needs to show, enlarging and shrinking (vertically only as far as I can tell but I guess it's possible on both dimensions) as the user goes from 'general' to 'appearance' to 'bookmarks', etc.

I'd like to know if it's possible to do that right now with QT3. If not, will it be possible with QT4 and can we expect to see it in kde4 ?

Since I'm no coder maybe I'm missing something and it has nothing to do with what the QT3 or QT4 libraries have to offer but it's 'just' a coding thing. Anyway, that's why I'm asking people with QT coding experience ;-)

Thanks

[SheeEttin]

Re: QT3/QT4 question for developers

Works fine here with no window setting overrides.

You might be interested in the KDE Control Center, or kcontrol. System Settings was created as an overhaul of kcontrol, but it didn't turn out especially well. Just hit Alt+F2 and type "kcontrol". If you like it, feel free to replace the entry in the K Menu.

Another thing you might be interested in: if you click on the little icon in the top-right, then Configure Window Behavior > Window-Specific Settings > New (you'll need System Settings open for this part > Detect > Click anywhere in System Settings > OK > Geometry. Check both maximized horizontally and vertically, then set them to... uh... I guess "force". If that doesn't work, pick another.