jonaias/DynamicFontSizeWidgets

Dynamic font size QPushButton and QLabel

DynamicFontSizeWidgets

Dynamic font size QPushButton and QLabel

Implemented dynamic font size according to defined widget size and accounts for QLabel new lines. Tested with Qt5/Android, Qt5/Linux and Qt4. Tested with QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding and QSizePolicy::Fixed.

Components

DynamicFontSizeLabel

• Added setTextColor (Altought it overwrites stylesheets).
• Added click signal

DynamicFontSizePushButton

• Added setTextColor (Altought it overwrites stylesheets).

How to use

Use QtDesigner guide found in http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/designer-using-custom-widgets.html

Example

Open example/ project to see in action. A box frame is set in example to make it clear.

TODO

• Add/Improve examples
• Self tests?
• Improve size fitting algorithm
• Add other components

Inspiration

Main inspiration: http://www.qtforum.org/article/32092/dynamic-font-size-in-qlabel-based-on-text-length.html

Other useful link

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42652738/how-to-automatically-increase-decrease-text-size-in-label-in-qt/42690033#42690033

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40861305/dynamically-change-font-size-of-qlabel-to-fit-available-space

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36331651/dynamic-text-size-qlabel

History

DynamicFontSizeLabel initial version was developed inside Exacta Balanças ( @exactabal ) which gently opened code as retribution to great work done by many Open Source projects.