What’s the difference in Qt between setVisible, setShown and show/hide
show() is just a convenience function for setVisible(true). Similarly hide() is equivalent to setVisible(false) Internally, the same code is used to render your view. See http://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.7/qwidget.html#show as an example. According to it, void QWidget::show () [slot] Shows the widget and its child widgets. This function is equivalent to setVisible(true). You’ll find lots of such functions … Read more