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+/**
+ * @brief A container widget that can be used to show a renderer widget with a title and close button.
+ * @note Mainly used for the style dock panels at the moment.
+ */
+class QgsRendererWidgetContainer : QWidget
+{
+%TypeHeaderCode
+#include <qgsrendererwidgetcontainer.h>
+%End
+  public:
+    /**
+     * @brief A container widget that can be used to show a renderer widget with a title and close button.
+     * @param widget The internal widget to be shown to the user.
+     * @param title The title to show on the widget.
+     * @param parent The parent of the widget.
+     */
+    QgsRendererWidgetContainer( QWidget* widget, const QString &title, QWidget *parent = 0 );
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Returns the current internal widget.
+     * @return The internal widget.
+     */
+    QWidget* widget();
+
+  signals:
+    /**
+      * @brief Emitted when the container is accpeted and closed.
+      * Listen to this to clean up the callers state.
+      */
+    void accepted();
+
+  public slots:
+
+  protected:
+    void keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent* event );
+
+};