I want to know the size of a certain QGraphicsView. Its size isn't fixed because the widget is part of a grid layout. I tried using this->ui->myGraphicsView->width() and its height equivalent but these values aren't accurate.
How can I get the current size of a QGraphicsView?
Constantly received 100x30 as the size of my QGraphicsView as well. It turned out I was asking for the size of the QGraphicsView before it was shown.
After moving my initialization code to showEvent, I got the correct dimensions.
If you wanna know the actual size of QGraphicsView, QGraphicsView::size(); If you wanna konw only the content size of QGraphicsView, QGraphisView::viewport().size();
retrieve the width/height in MainWindow's constructor
That is the problem! The widget isn't painted already and you're asking for it's size. Use other events like event, showEvent, paintEvent to get the right size within the initialization process of a widget.
Answer: After calling MainWindow::show(), then get the size.
Description: I had the same problem as Pieter. In the widget constructor like MainWindow::MainWindow() you can't get the correct size of the widget like QGraphicsView in Grid Layout because in that constructor the widget's size and location are not determined. Therefore, in MainWindow::MainWindow() you have to call show() and then get the size of the view or other widget.
