class_docstr: Convenience class used for laying out QWidgets in a grid.
  (It's just a little less effort to use than QGridLayout)
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docstr: Advance to next column, while returning the current column number 
  (generally only for internal use--called by addWidget)
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code: def nextColumn(self, colspan=1):
      """Advance to next column, while returning the current column number
      (generally only for internal use--called by addWidget)"""
      self.currentCol += colspan
      return self.currentCol - colspan
  
file_path: pyqtgraph/pyqtgraph/widgets/LayoutWidget.py
imports: from ..Qt import QtWidgets
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling the LayoutWidget obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj.nextColumn(colspan) and returns: unknown