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# QStackedWidget Class Reference
[QtGui module]

The QStackedWidget class provides a stack of widgets where only one widget is visible at a time. More...

Inherits QFrame.

### Methods

- __init__ (self, QWidget parent = None)
- int addWidget (self, QWidget)
- int count (self)
- int currentIndex (self)
- QWidget currentWidget (self)
- bool event (self, QEvent)
- int indexOf (self, QWidget)
- int insertWidget (self, int, QWidget)
- removeWidget (self, QWidget)
- setCurrentIndex (self, int)
- setCurrentWidget (self, QWidget)
- QWidget widget (self, int)

### Qt Signals

- void currentChanged (int)
- void widgetRemoved (int)

## Detailed Description

The QStackedWidget class provides a stack of widgets where only one widget is visible at a time.

QStackedWidget can be used to create a user interface similar to the one provided by QTabWidget. It is a convenience layout widget built on top of the QStackedLayout class.

Like QStackedLayout, QStackedWidget can be constructed and populated with a number of child widgets ("pages"):

         QWidget *firstPageWidget = new QWidget;
         QWidget *secondPageWidget = new QWidget;
         QWidget *thirdPageWidget = new QWidget;

         QStackedWidget *stackedWidget = new QStackedWidget;
         stackedWidget->addWidget(firstPageWidget);
         stackedWidget->addWidget(secondPageWidget);
         stackedWidget->addWidget(thirdPageWidget);

         QVBoxLayout *layout = new QVBoxLayout;
         layout->addWidget(stackedWidget);
         setLayout(layout);

QStackedWidget provides no intrinsic means for the user to switch page. This is typically done through a QComboBox or a QListWidget that stores the titles of the QStackedWidget's pages. For example:

         QComboBox *pageComboBox = new QComboBox;
         pageComboBox->addItem(tr("Page 1"));
         pageComboBox->addItem(tr("Page 2"));
         pageComboBox->addItem(tr("Page 3"));
         connect(pageComboBox, SIGNAL(activated(int)),
                 stackedWidget, SLOT(setCurrentIndex(int)));

When populating a stacked widget, the widgets are added to an internal list. The indexOf() function returns the index of a widget in that list. The widgets can either be added to the end of the list using the addWidget() function, or inserted at a given index using the insertWidget() function. The removeWidget() function removes a widget from the stacked widget. The number of widgets contained in the stacked widget, can be obtained using the count() function.

The widget() function returns the widget at a given index position. The index of the widget that is shown on screen is given by currentIndex() and can be changed using setCurrentIndex(). In a similar manner, the currently shown widget can be retrieved using the currentWidget() function, and altered using the setCurrentWidget() function.

Whenever the current widget in the stacked widget changes or a widget is removed from the stacked widget, the currentChanged() and widgetRemoved() signals are emitted respectively.

See also QStackedLayout, QTabWidget, and Config Dialog Example.

## Method Documentation

### QStackedWidget.__init__ (self, QWidget parent = None)

The parent argument, if not None, causes self to be owned by Qt instead of PyQt.

Constructs a QStackedWidget with the given parent.

See also addWidget() and insertWidget().

### int QStackedWidget.addWidget (self, QWidget)

The QWidget argument has it's ownership transferred to Qt.

Appends the given widget to the QStackedWidget and returns the index position. Ownership of widget is passed on to the QStackedWidget.

If the QStackedWidget is empty before this function is called, widget becomes the current widget.

See also insertWidget(), removeWidget(), and setCurrentWidget().

### int QStackedWidget.count (self)

### int QStackedWidget.currentIndex (self)

### QWidget QStackedWidget.currentWidget (self)

Returns the current widget, or 0 if there are no child widgets.

See also currentIndex() and setCurrentWidget().

### bool QStackedWidget.event (self, QEvent)

Reimplemented from QObject.event().

### int QStackedWidget.indexOf (self, QWidget)

Returns the index of the given widget, or -1 if the given widget is not a child of the QStackedWidget.

See also currentIndex() and widget().

### int QStackedWidget.insertWidget (self, int, QWidget)

The QWidget argument has it's ownership transferred to Qt.

Inserts the given widget at the given index in the QStackedWidget. Ownership of widget is passed on to the QStackedWidget. If index is out of range, the widget is appended (in which case it is the actual index of the widget that is returned).

If the QStackedWidget was empty before this function is called, the given widget becomes the current widget.

Inserting a new widget at an index less than or equal to the current index will increment the current index, but keep the current widget.

See also addWidget(), removeWidget(), and setCurrentWidget().

### QStackedWidget.removeWidget (self, QWidget)

Removes the given widget from the QStackedWidget.

Note: The ownership of widget remains the same. The widget is not deleted, but simply removed from the widget's stacked layout, causing it to be hidden.

See also addWidget(), insertWidget(), and currentWidget().

### QStackedWidget.setCurrentIndex (self, int)

This method is also a Qt slot with the C++ signature `void setCurrentIndex(int)`.

### QStackedWidget.setCurrentWidget (self, QWidget)

This method is also a Qt slot with the C++ signature `void setCurrentWidget(QWidget *)`.

Sets the current widget to be the specified widget. The new current widget must already be contained in this stacked widget.

See also currentWidget() and setCurrentIndex().

### QWidget QStackedWidget.widget (self, int)

Returns the widget at the given index, or 0 if there is no such widget.

See also currentWidget() and indexOf().

## Qt Signal Documentation

### void currentChanged (int)

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted whenever the current widget changes.

The parameter holds the index of the new current widget, or -1 if there isn't a new one (for example, if there are no widgets in the QStackedWidget).

See also currentWidget() and setCurrentWidget().

### void widgetRemoved (int)

This is the default overload of this signal.

This signal is emitted whenever a widget is removed. The widget's index is passed as parameter.

See also removeWidget().