How about QSplitter ?
QWidget 1 , for exmaple, QListView. QWidget 2 is a combination QWidget(the left part is simple QPushButtonwith the inscription show / hide caption, and the right part is for other widgets) ... All you need to do is hide your QWidget2 when the user clicked on QPushButton...
If you need an example, I can post it.
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main.cpp
#include "splitter.h"
#include <QtGui/QApplication>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
splitter w;
w.show();
return a.exec();
}
splitter.h
#ifndef SPLITTER_H
#define SPLITTER_H
#include <QtGui/QDialog>
class splitter : public QDialog
{
Q_OBJECT;
QWidget* widget1;
QWidget* widget2;
QPushButton* button;
public:
splitter(QWidget *parent = 0, Qt::WFlags flags = 0);
~splitter();
private slots:
void showHide(void);
};
#endif
splitter.cpp
splitter::splitter(QWidget *parent, Qt::WFlags flags)
: QDialog(parent, flags)
{
QApplication::setStyle("plastique");
QListView* listView = new QListView;
QTableView* tableView = new QTableView;
button = new QPushButton("Hide >");
widget1 = new QWidget;
QHBoxLayout* w1Layout = new QHBoxLayout;
w1Layout->addWidget(listView);
w1Layout->addWidget(button);
widget1->setLayout(w1Layout);
widget2 = new QWidget;
QHBoxLayout* w2Layout = new QHBoxLayout;
w2Layout->addWidget(tableView);
widget2->setLayout(w2Layout);
QSplitter *mainSplitter = new QSplitter(this);
mainSplitter->addWidget(widget1);
mainSplitter->addWidget(widget2);
connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(showHide()));
QVBoxLayout *mainLayout = new QVBoxLayout;
mainLayout->addWidget(mainSplitter);
setLayout(mainLayout);
}
splitter::~splitter()
{}
void splitter::showHide(void)
{
if (widget2->isVisible())
{
widget2->setVisible(false);
button->setText("< Show");
}
else
{
widget2->setVisible(true);
button->setText("Hide >");
}
}