From 48b968e9a7196baa420dcd15a5bcace407f2d8b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: baldurk <baldurk@baldurk.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2026 21:13:36 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add a MiniQtHelper to set spacing/margins on layouts

---
 qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/Extensions.h        | 17 +++++++++++++
 qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.cpp              | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.h                |  2 ++
 .../Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonInvokers.cpp       |  8 +++++++
 4 files changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/Extensions.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/Extensions.h
index 5d07ba407..fcb7362da 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/Extensions.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/Interface/Extensions.h
@@ -676,6 +676,23 @@ added anywhere.
 )");
   virtual void InsertWidget(QWidget *parent, int32_t index, QWidget *child) = 0;
 
+  DOCUMENT(R"(Set the internal spacing in pixels between items. If the widget is not a layout
+(either grid or horizontal/vertical) this call will have no effect.
+
+:param QWidget layout: The layout widget.
+:param int spacing: The spacing in pixels to use between items
+)");
+  virtual void SetLayoutSpacing(QWidget *layout, int spacing) = 0;
+
+  DOCUMENT(R"(Set the external margins on the outside of all of the items in the layout. If
+the widget is not a layout (either grid or horizontal/vertical) this call will have no effect.
+
+:param QWidget layout: The layout widget.
+:param int horizontal: The horizontal margins on the left and right.
+:param int vertical: The vertical margins on the top and bottom.
+)");
+  virtual void SetLayoutMargins(QWidget *layout, int horizontal, int vertical) = 0;
+
   // widget manipulation
 
   DOCUMENT(R"(Set the 'text' of a widget. How this manifests depends on the type of the widget, for
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.cpp
index 759de4753..53376db36 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.cpp
@@ -307,6 +307,30 @@ void MiniQtHelper::InsertWidget(QWidget *parent, int32_t index, QWidget *child)
   box->insertWidget(qMin(qMax(0, index), box->count()), child);
 }
 
+void MiniQtHelper::SetLayoutSpacing(QWidget *layout, int spacing)
+{
+  if(!layout)
+    return;
+
+  QLayout *l = layout->layout();
+  if(!l)
+    return;
+
+  l->setSpacing(spacing);
+}
+
+void MiniQtHelper::SetLayoutMargins(QWidget *layout, int horizontal, int vertical)
+{
+  if(!layout)
+    return;
+
+  QLayout *l = layout->layout();
+  if(!l)
+    return;
+
+  l->setContentsMargins(horizontal, vertical, horizontal, vertical);
+}
+
 void MiniQtHelper::SetWidgetText(QWidget *widget, const rdcstr &text)
 {
   if(!widget)
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.h b/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.h
index a57fb59f3..8218f1a43 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.h
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/MiniQtHelper.h
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ public:
                      int32_t columnSpan) override;
   void AddWidget(QWidget *parent, QWidget *child) override;
   void InsertWidget(QWidget *parent, int32_t index, QWidget *child) override;
+  void SetLayoutSpacing(QWidget *layout, int spacing) override;
+  void SetLayoutMargins(QWidget *layout, int horizontal, int vertical) override;
 
   // widget manipulation
 
diff --git a/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonInvokers.cpp b/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonInvokers.cpp
index 96f81f5b7..97d0b8a58 100644
--- a/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonInvokers.cpp
+++ b/qrenderdoc/Code/pyrenderdoc/PythonInvokers.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,14 @@ struct MiniQtInvoker : UIThreadInvoker<IMiniQtHelper>
   {
     InvokeVoidFunction(&IMiniQtHelper::InsertWidget, parent, index, child);
   }
+  void SetLayoutSpacing(QWidget *layout, int spacing)
+  {
+    InvokeVoidFunction(&IMiniQtHelper::SetLayoutSpacing, layout, spacing);
+  }
+  void SetLayoutMargins(QWidget *layout, int horizontal, int vertical)
+  {
+    InvokeVoidFunction(&IMiniQtHelper::SetLayoutMargins, layout, horizontal, vertical);
+  }
 
   // widget manipulation