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    Question Mouse event on a QGraphicsItem that is not in it's own class

    Let's say I create a QGraphicsItem (rectangle) in a QGraphicsScene (scene), without creating a class for the item:

    Constructur of Mainwindow (.cpp):
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    1. ui->setupUi(this);
    2. scene = new QGraphicsScene(this);
    3. ui->graphicsView->setScene(scene);
    4. rectangle = scene->addRect(0,0,100,100);
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    Is there a way to overwrite a mouse click on the rectangle and make something happen, even if it is not in another class?
    What about showing a tooltip when hovering over it?

    I hope the question is clear and not completely redundant.
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    Default Re: Mouse event on a QGraphicsItem that is not in it's own class

    I can think of one way of doing so without subclassing. You may create class that will be filtering mouse events and install it on the QGraphicsView via QObject::installEventFilter,
    (you can't install it onto item itself, because it is not derived from QObject). But if you go this way you will be forced to map coordinates from view to item.

    IMHO subclassing QGraphicsRectItem is much more clearer and easy way. It's not that hard! You'll need to override just a few protected methods.

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    Default Re: Mouse event on a QGraphicsItem that is not in it's own class

    Quote Originally Posted by xzyerasu View Post
    Let's say I create a QGraphicsItem (rectangle) in a QGraphicsScene (scene), without creating a class for the item:

    Constructur of Mainwindow (.cpp):
    Qt Code:
    1. ui->setupUi(this);
    2. scene = new QGraphicsScene(this);
    3. ui->graphicsView->setScene(scene);
    4. rectangle = scene->addRect(0,0,100,100);
    To copy to clipboard, switch view to plain text mode 

    Is there a way to overwrite a mouse click on the rectangle and make something happen, even if it is not in another class?
    What about showing a tooltip when hovering over it?

    I hope the question is clear and not completely redundant.
    u need to set void QGraphicsItem::setToolTip ( const QString & toolTip ) of the graphicsItem ... if u want to use the hover event hoverEnterEvent ( QGraphicsSceneHoverEvent * ) then u override the graphicsItem instead of using eventFilter ..
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    Question Re: Mouse event on a QGraphicsItem that is not in it's own class

    Thank you, it worked great wit setToolTip. Now however, do you also know if there is a way to use the mouse clicks on this item? (to open a dialog box for example)

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    Default Re: Mouse event on a QGraphicsItem that is not in it's own class

    If you want, you can handle all events in the scene or in the view.
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