How to make QTableWidget's columns assume the maximum space?

Question

The columns of my QTableWidget do not fill in the space of the table, so that an empty space is left on the right hand-side. How to make the columns of my QTableWidget assume the maximum space so as to fill in this space?

Solution

The headers of the table have methods for controlling this:

header = table.horizontalHeader()
header.setStretchLastSection(True)

or:

header.setResizeMode(QHeaderView.Stretch)