Q:

How to place one widget over another in Qt

i have a window in Qt, on that i am drawing a picture. now i want to place the progressbar over it.
how can i do that?..
steps i am following to do

Create a window,
Draw picture in paint event of window
Then create QGridLayout layout, add your window
Display over it.

suppose i want to add progress bar, over a portion of picture window. how can i do that
i dont think its possible to implement in window paint event.
please assist me
Thanks

A:

You can add the progress bar as child of your QWidget without adding it in the layout. This will draw the QProgressBar into the QWidget. Since you are not using the layout you will have to manually manage the position of the QProgressBar.

