Creating Widgets and Layouts

In this chapter, we shall take a look at what widgets are and the various kinds that are available for creating GUIs. For most GUI applications that you will write, Qt is laden with sufficient widgets to implement it. Coupled with widgets are layout classes, which help us to arrange and position the widgets for better appeal.

By the end of this chapter, you should be aware of the following:

• Understand and know how to use widgets
• Know the classes needed to lay out widgets