The horizontal layout set up the object inside it horizontally.
basic code:
#include <QApplication>
#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QWidget>
#include <QHBoxLayout>
#include <QPushButton>
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
QMainWindow window;
QWidget *widget = new QWidget(&window);
QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(widget);
window.setCentralWidget(widget);
widget->setLayout(layout);
layout->addWidget(new QPushButton("hello world", widget));
layout->addWidget(new QPushButton("I would like to have a layout !", widget));
layout->addWidget(new QPushButton("layouts are so great !", widget));
window.show();
return a.exec();
}
this will output: