creating a "path" for the menu item

[roxton]

Hello! I write the code that shows a part of file system as the menu. Subfolders are the submenus, etc. All works fine, but now I need to write a slot for the "filename" menu item selection.
In that slot, I need to determine a sequence of parent titles to make a path for the file.
For example, my menu structure is: Foo - Bar - file.txt
When I click on the file.txt menu item, I need to iterate through the parents to get their titles.
So my code is:


void rvln::test_slot()
{
QAction *a = qobject_cast<QAction *>(sender());
QString path;
path.prepend (a->text());

QMenu *m_parent = qobject_cast<QMenu *> (a->parentWidget());

while (m_parent)
{
path.prepend("/").prepend (m_parent->title());
m_parent = qobject_cast<QMenu *> (m_parent->parentWidget());
}
qDebug() << path;
}

This code have a strange behavior - the nearest (previous) upper level "directory" is dropped out. So I have not Foo/Bar/file.txt, but Foo/file.txt instead.

[jpn]

You could use QAction::setData() to store the full path in the action. Then you wouldn't have to iterate anything... ;)

[roxton]

Thank you! :) I'll use it. But why the iteration through the parents works in a such strange way?

[jpn]

But why the iteration through the parents works in a such strange way?
Hmm, good question. According to my test case it works fine:


// main.cpp
#include <QtGui>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);

QMenu menu("Foo");
QMenu* subMenu = menu.addMenu("Bar");
QAction* action = subMenu->addAction("File");

QString path = action->text();
QMenu *m_parent = qobject_cast<QMenu *> (action->parentWidget());
while (m_parent)
{
path.prepend("/").prepend (m_parent->title());
m_parent = qobject_cast<QMenu *> (m_parent->parentWidget());
}
qDebug() << path; // outputs "Foo/Bar/File" for me
}

Perhaps there's something wrong with the menu hierarchy construction?

[wysota]

I don't know how the objects are constructed in this particular case, but in general the menu object is not (or at least doesn't have to be) the parent of the QAction object, so there is a possibility items in the deepest menu in the hierarchy are owned by its parent.