When designing the property editor content, it might be useful to include content from child objects.

Include of complete child object

To create a good visual organization it works often well with a group holding the content of a child object.

caf::PdmUiGroup* mudWeightWindowGroup = uiOrdering.addNewGroup( "Mud Weight Window" );
m_mudWeightWindowParameters->uiOrdering( uiConfigName, *mudWeightWindowGroup );

Include a subset of fields from a different object

If you want to include a subset of fields from a different object, there are two options

1. Include the fields directly

In defineUiOrdering() of the object to be displayed :

MyOtherObject* myObj;

uiOrdering.add(myObj->fieldA());
uiOrdering.add(myObj->fieldB());

2. Use the uiConfigName

In defineUiOrdering() of the object to be displayed :

MyOtherObject* myObj;
QString mySpecialConfig = "configName";

caf::PdmUiGroup* mudWeightWindowGroup = uiOrdering.addNewGroup( "Mud Weight Window" );
m_mudWeightWindowParameters->uiOrdering( mySpecialConfig, *mudWeightWindowGroup );