Fixed Layout of OpticalScan UI

opticalscan.py

@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@ class OpticalScan(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         super().__init__(parent, QtCore.Qt.Window)
         self.logpath = logpath
         self.view = parent
-        gridLayout = QtWidgets.QGridLayout()
-        gridLayout.columnStretch(2)
+        mainLayout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
+
         pointgroup = QtWidgets.QGroupBox("Point coordinates [µm]", self)
         self.ramanctrl = ramanctrl
         self.dataset = dataset
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ class OpticalScan(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         self.hdrcheck.setChecked(False)
 
         self.zLevelSetter = ZLevelSetter()
+        self.zLevelSetter.sizeChanged.connect(self._updateSize)
 
         self.prun = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Run", self)
         self.pexit = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Cancel", self)
@@ -333,16 +334,28 @@ class OpticalScan(QtWidgets.QWidget):
         btnLayout.addWidget(self.pexit)
         btnLayout.addStretch()
 
-        gridLayout.addWidget(pointgroup, 0, 0)
-        gridLayout.addWidget(self.areaOptionsGroup, 0, 1)
-        gridLayout.addWidget(bkggroup, 1, 1)
-        gridLayout.addWidget(furtherOptionsGroup, 2, 1)
-        gridLayout.addWidget(self.zLevelSetter, 1, 0, 3, 1)
-        gridLayout.addLayout(btnLayout, 4, 0, 2, 1)
-        gridLayout.addWidget(self.progresstime, 5, 0, 2, 1)
-        gridLayout.addWidget(self.progressbar, 6, 0, 2, 1)
+        vbox1 = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
+        vbox2 = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
+
+        vbox1.addWidget(pointgroup)
+        vbox1.addWidget(self.zLevelSetter)
+        vbox1.addStretch()
+
+        vbox2.addWidget(self.areaOptionsGroup)
+        vbox2.addWidget(bkggroup)
+        vbox2.addWidget(furtherOptionsGroup)
+        vbox2.addStretch()
+
+        optionsLayout = QtWidgets.QHBoxLayout()
+        optionsLayout.addLayout(vbox1)
+        optionsLayout.addLayout(vbox2)
 
-        self.setLayout(gridLayout)
+        mainLayout.addLayout(optionsLayout)
+        mainLayout.addWidget(self.progresstime)
+        mainLayout.addWidget(self.progressbar)
+        mainLayout.addLayout(btnLayout)
+
+        self.setLayout(mainLayout)
         self.setVisible(False)
 
     def enableDisableBackground(self):
@@ -363,6 +376,10 @@ class OpticalScan(QtWidgets.QWidget):
     def managerWasClosed(self):
         self.showBgkManagerBtn.setText('Show Background Manager Window')
 
+    @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
+    def _updateSize(self):
+        self.adjustSize()
+
     @QtCore.pyqtSlot()
     def stopScan(self):
         if self.process is not None and self.process.is_alive():

zlevelsetter.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Created on Fri Oct 25 09:39:14 2019
 
 @author: brandt
 """
-from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtGui
+from PyQt5 import QtWidgets, QtCore
 import sys
 import numpy as np
 from .errors import ValueNotSetError
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ class ZLevelSetter(QtWidgets.QLabel):
     Allows refining settings for the focus-z-stacking
     :return:
     """
+
+    sizeChanged = QtCore.pyqtSignal()
+
     def __init__(self):
         super(ZLevelSetter, self).__init__()
         layout = QtWidgets.QVBoxLayout()
@@ -26,8 +29,7 @@ class ZLevelSetter(QtWidgets.QLabel):
         layout.addLayout(self._createLevelSelectionLayout())
 
         self._addRadioBtnsToGroup()
-        self.sizePolicy().setVerticalPolicy(QtWidgets.QSizePolicy.Expanding)
-        # self.sizePolicy().setVerticalStretch(2)
+        self._updateLevels()
 
     def _createRangeGroupBox(self):
         """
@@ -56,11 +58,11 @@ class ZLevelSetter(QtWidgets.QLabel):
         for box in [self.minLevelSpinbox, self.maxLevelSpinbox, self.numLevelsSpinbox]:
             box.valueChanged.connect(self._updateLevels)
         
-        rangesLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel('Minimum (µm): '))
+        rangesLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel('z_min (µm): '))
         rangesLayout.addWidget(self.minLevelSpinbox)
-        rangesLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel(', Maximum (µm): '))
+        rangesLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel(', z_max (µm): '))
         rangesLayout.addWidget(self.maxLevelSpinbox)
-        rangesLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel(', Number of Steps: '))
+        rangesLayout.addWidget(QtWidgets.QLabel(', Num. steps: '))
         rangesLayout.addWidget(self.numLevelsSpinbox)
         return rangeGroupBox
     
@@ -147,6 +149,7 @@ class ZLevelSetter(QtWidgets.QLabel):
         self._updateLinPreview()
         self._updateLogPreview()
         self._updateCustomPreview()
+        self._updateSize()
         
     def _updateLinPreview(self):
         """
@@ -208,6 +211,16 @@ class ZLevelSetter(QtWidgets.QLabel):
                 entry.setParent(None)
                 self.customPreviewSteps.remove(entry)
 
+    def _updateSize(self):
+        """
+        Updates the size so that all entries are well visible
+        :return:
+        """
+        width = 400
+        height = 100 + self.numLevelsSpinbox.value()*30
+        self.setFixedSize(width, height)
+        self.sizeChanged.emit()
+
     def _minLevelBoxChanged(self):
         """
         Adjusts maxLevelSpinbox to show always values larger then minLevelSpinbox
@@ -256,8 +269,6 @@ class ZLevelSetter(QtWidgets.QLabel):
                 raise ValueNotSetError
         return sorted(levels)
 
-    # def resizeEvent(self, event: QtGui.QResizeEvent) -> None:
-    #     print(event.size())
         
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     try: