Mouse Events in a widget

[Rayven]

Can mouse events only be captured by a class? Or can any specific widget capture an event? For instance, I have a video player window that uses a QAxWidget. This video player window has a series of buttons and sliders. I only want to capture the mouse events that occur within the actual video window itself, not the buttons.

mpVideoPlayer = new QAxWidget( mpFrame );
   mpVideoPlayer->setGeometry( QRect( 0, 0, 561, 351 ) );
   mpVideoPlayer->setCursor( Qt::CrossCursor );

mpVideoPlayer = new QAxWidget( mpFrame );
   mpVideoPlayer->setGeometry( QRect( 0, 0, 561, 351 ) );
   mpVideoPlayer->setCursor( Qt::CrossCursor );

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void VideoViewerWindow::mouseReleaseEvent( QMouseEvent *event )
{
   if( event->button() == Qt::LeftButton )
   {
      QString test = QString( event->x() ) + ", " + QString( event->y() );
 
      QMessageBox::warning( this, tr( "Position" ), tr( "Left Button Pressed" ) );
   }
   else if( event->button() == Qt::RightButton )
   {
      QMessageBox::warning( this, tr( "Position" ), tr( "Right Button Pressed" ) );
   }
}

void VideoViewerWindow::mouseReleaseEvent( QMouseEvent *event )
{
   if( event->button() == Qt::LeftButton )
   {
      QString test = QString( event->x() ) + ", " + QString( event->y() );

      QMessageBox::warning( this, tr( "Position" ), tr( "Left Button Pressed" ) );
   }
   else if( event->button() == Qt::RightButton )
   {
      QMessageBox::warning( this, tr( "Position" ), tr( "Right Button Pressed" ) );
   }
}

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When running this code, all events are captured no matter where in the VideoViewerWindow class. However, when I try to put mpVideoPlayer->accept() I get compile errors. Do I have to make mpVideoPlayer a subclass of QAxWidget for this to work?

Thanks

[jpn]

So you want to catch mpVideoPlayer's events?
Maybe you could try to install an event filter on it?

[Rayven]

Thats what I was looking for! Thanks mucho!