The QWidget class is the base class of all user interface objects.
It is an abstract of window objects. Every visible/invisible Qt window-related object inherits from QWidget. Just consider a vehicle, it is the abstract of cars, trucks and other stuffs.
Qt Main Window Framework A main window provides a framework for building an application's user interface. Qt has QMainWindow and its related classes for main window management. QMainWindow has its own layout to which you can add QToolBars, QDockWidgets, a QMenuBar, and a QStatusBar.
A QWidget
is the base class for all drawable classes in Qt. Any QWidget
-based class can be shown as a window by showing it when it has no parent.
A QDialog
is based on QWidget
, but designed to be shown as a window. It will always appear in a window, and has functions to make it work well with common buttons on dialogs (accept, reject, etc.).
QMainWindow
is designed around common needs for a main window to have. It has predefined places for a menu bar, a status bar, a toolbar, and other widgets. It does not have any built-in allowances for buttons like QDialog
does.
QWidget :is a base class for all other GUI elements in QtWidgets module. It can constitute a window by itself, or be part of a QLayout, or just a member of parent-child hierarchy.
QDialog :is usually used to - surprise! - display a temporary dialog when user input is required.
QMainWindow :is a convenience class that can be used as the main window of your application. It has some nice features built-in: a status bar, tool bars and a menu bar
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