Help with QT shortcuts?

[fluffaykitties]

Hi there. I'm trying to make it so that the "aButton" will be pressed when the user presses the a key on the keyboard.

This is my code thus far. It compiles and runs, but pressing the a key on the keyboard does nothing.

QPushButton *aButton=new QPushButton("&aButton", this);

QShortcut aShortCut = new QShortcut(QKeySequence(Qt::Key_A), this);
QObject::connect(aShortCut, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(toggle()));
Any ideas why it's not working?

Thanks!

[nish]

you are connecting the wrong slot of the wrong object. Infact everything is wrong.

try this.

QObject::connect(aShortCut, SIGNAL(activated()), aButton, SLOT(animateClick()));

QObject::connect(aShortCut, SIGNAL(activated()), aButton, SLOT(animateClick()));

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by the way,, the "&aButton" should be working as auto shortcut

[fluffaykitties]

Mmmkay. I changed the QObject line like you said and it still isn't working.

Not sure what you mean by "should be working as auto shortcut."

I'm a newbie to QT, so I apologize ahead of time for my lack of knowledge.

[nish]

read the documentation of QShortCut and QAbstractButton, you just might be doing a little mistake here and there....
Can you post a minimal compilable program reproducing the problem?

[totem]

why not using QAbstractButton::setShortcut ?

[BalaQT]

hi,
as totem said,

aButton->setShortcut(Qt::Key_A)

aButton->setShortcut(Qt::Key_A)

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is the easiest way

Bala

[fluffaykitties]

Okay, so I changed the lines to this:

QPushButton *aButton=new QPushButton("&aButton", &w);
 
    aButton->setShortcut(Qt::Key_A);
   // QObject::connect(aShortCut, SIGNAL(activated()), aButton, SLOT(animateClick()));

QPushButton *aButton=new QPushButton("&aButton", &w);

    aButton->setShortcut(Qt::Key_A);
   // QObject::connect(aShortCut, SIGNAL(activated()), aButton, SLOT(animateClick()));

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(I commented out that last line....I think I was supposed to do that now that I'm using the aButton->setShortcut. Still issue though. It compiles and runs, but the aButton isn't clicked when I press the letter a on my keyboard.

Any other ideas?

[ComaWhite]

are you connecting to any signals at all?

[fluffaykitties]

I was before with that last line that I commented out...

[nish]

You need to provide a minimal compilable example reproducing the problem.

[fluffaykitties]

I'd rather not just post it on here, as it is a school project. Perhaps I can private message it to you? Which files would you need to be able to see the problem?