Positioners and layouts in QML

There are different ways to position items in QML. You can manually position a control by mentioning x and y coordinates or by using anchors, positioners, or layouts. Let's discuss how to position a control through the aforementioned methods.

Manual positioning

A control can be positioned at specific x and y coordinates by setting their corresponding x and y properties. As per the visual coordinate system rules, this will position the controls relative to the top-left corner of their parent.

The following code snippet shows how to place a Rectangle item at position (50,50):

import QtQuick
Rectangle {
    // Manually positioned at 50,50
    x: 50 // x position
    y: 50 // y position
    width: 100; height: 80
    color: "blue"
}

When you run the preceding code, you will see a blue rectangle created at the (50,50) position....