How to delete modeless dialog?

[rajesh]

I want to create and show multiple dialog(or widget) on multiple user click.
so I written as:


void MainWindow::onIRSignalReport()
{
...
SignalWindow *pSignalWindow = new SignalWindow();
pSignalWindow->setSignalFile(fileName);
pSignalWindow->show();
}

onIRSignalReport() getting called on menu item clicks.

lets user clicked multiple times and multiple SignalWindow is displayed.

if user close one of the user window then how I delete that pointer(pSignalWindow ) ?:(

[spirit]

set Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose for your window, e.g.


void MainWindow::onIRSignalReport()
{
...
SignalWindow *pSignalWindow = new SignalWindow();
pSignalWindow->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
pSignalWindow->setSignalFile(fileName);
pSignalWindow->show();
}

[rajesh]

Thanks spirit.

and, how to close pSignalWindow if application closed?

if I pass this pointer also it is not getting closed.
SignalWindow *pSignalWindow = new SignalWindow((QDialog *)this);

[spirit]

if you close your app, SignalWindow will not be closed, since you have not passed a parent into SignalWindow ctor, line 4 of your code. so, anyway you must to close this window.

[rajesh]

void MainWindow::onIRSignalReport()
{
...
SignalWindow *pSignalWindow = new SignalWindow((QDialog *)this);
pSignalWindow->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
pSignalWindow->setSignalFile(fileName);
pSignalWindow->show();
}

now I am passing parent, right? but why It is not getting closed?

[spirit]

I don't know, works fine for me. show us main.cpp code.

[rajesh]

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

GUIManager * pGUIManager = GUIManager::getInstance(); // GUIManager is a singleton
pGUIManager->initialize();

return a.exec();
}

bool GUIManager::initialize()
{
bool result = true; //TODO: may be required.

pMainWindow = new MainWindow;

return result;
}

[spirit]

play with this test app
test.h


#ifndef TEST_H
#define TEST_H

#include <QDialog>

class Test: public QDialog
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
Test(QWidget *parent = 0);

private slots:
void addWindowWithParent();
void addWindowWithoutParent();

};

#endif//TEST_H


test.cpp


#include <QtGui>
#include "test.h"

Test::Test(QWidget *parent)
: QDialog(parent)
{
QHBoxLayout *hbl = new QHBoxLayout(this);
QPushButton *pb1 = new QPushButton(tr("Add window with parent"));
QPushButton *pb2 = new QPushButton(tr("Add window without parent"));

hbl->addWidget(pb1);
hbl->addWidget(pb2);

connect(pb1, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(addWindowWithParent()));
connect(pb2, SIGNAL(clicked()), SLOT(addWindowWithoutParent()));

setWindowTitle(tr("main"));
}

void Test::addWindowWithParent()
{
Test *test = new Test(this);
test->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
test->move(x() + 40, y() + 40);
test->setWindowTitle(tr("with parent"));
test->show();
}

void Test::addWindowWithoutParent()
{
Test *test = new Test();
test->setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
test->move(x() + 40, y() + 40);
test->setWindowTitle(tr("without parent"));
test->show();
}


main.cpp


#include <QApplication>
#include "test.h"

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

Test test;
test.show();

return app.exec();
}

[rajesh]

Hi spirit,
your test app:

closing first window not closing 2nd window.
but, closing 2nd window closing all child window(3rd window onwords).

why it is so?

[spirit]

if you create several windows with a parent and then close a parent window, then all windows will be closed too, but if you create several windows with parent and one (or several) windows without parent and then close a parent, then all windows wich have a parent will be close, but that windows which have not a parent will be stay opened.

[rajesh]

I have created several window with parent, but closing first parent not closing child window.
but closing 2nd window closing all child window.

I am using Qt4.3.1

[spirit]

probably, at first you create a window witout parent and then you pressed "Add with parent" button and created a window and so on. so, when you closed first window it was closed, but when you closed second one, automatically all children have been closed too.

[rajesh]

fisrt one also created by passing parent, but how this matters.
if I am closing 1st window it should close all child window, no matters 1st window having parent or not. it is matters of 2nd window having parent.

[spirit]

in main.cpp a new window is created, then when you click "Add without parent" and close first window the second will be opened. isn't it?

[rajesh]

I have never clicked on "Add without parent"

[spirit]

take a look at video, works fine.