You should be able to 'setMaximumHeight' you can also use the setSizePolicy and set the widgets size policy to what you want. And there is a method for QBoxLayout where you set the 'stretch factor' when you add a widget, so that certain widgets will stretch preferentially to others. Maybe you could make a short example of your layout and somebody will fix it.
I find the layouts of Qt to be really convenient without resorting to the designer. But at the same time, now that I am more familiar with Qt, I use the designer to whip up some really quick examples. mbs _______________________________________________ PyQt mailing list PyQt@riverbankcomputing.com http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt