How to update statusbar and tooltips

[aamer4yu]

I have a button on toolbar, which when clicked changes the Text, Tooltip and Statustip.
How do I update the same without moving the mouse ??
I tried calling update on mainwindow, and also QCoreApplication::processEvents, but it didnt help :(

Is there anyway to update the tips on button click and show them instantly (without moving mouse ) ??? :confused:

[lauranger]

Hi
May be sending a tooltip event would help ?
Regards.

[wysota]

I have a button on toolbar, which when clicked changes the Text, Tooltip and Statustip.
How do I update the same without moving the mouse ??
I tried calling update on mainwindow, and also QCoreApplication::processEvents, but it didnt help :(

Is there anyway to update the tips on button click and show them instantly (without moving mouse ) ??? :confused:

Can we see the code?

[aamer4yu]

Ok.. here is the code of the function which gets called on button click from the toolbar.


void CMainWindow::OnNextPipelineAction()
{
m_pipeline_stages.HighlightNextStage();

QString s = QString("PL %1").arg(m_pipeline_stages.m_current_stage_number);
nextPipelineAction->setText(s);
nextPipelineAction->setToolTip(m_pipeline_stages.GetCurrentStage().Row sCovered());
nextPipelineAction->setStatusTip(m_pipeline_stages.GetCurrentStage().R owsCovered());

QCoreApplication::processEvents();
update();

}

Here I am setting the text, tooltip and statustip of the button. I want that as soon as the button is pressed, the updated tooltip and statustip are displayed immediately.

the processevents and update are not helping in this regard. What am I missing :confused:

[aamer4yu]

Helloooo... ne one ther ??

[wysota]

You can try posting a QHelpEvent as already suggested.

[aamer4yu]

and how do i post a helpevent ??
sorry i may sound silly, but i have no idea about helpevent :(

[wysota]

Consult the docs about a QHelpEvent then... You can use QCoreApplication::postEvent() to post an event.

[aamer4yu]

Thanks, :)
i will try it..

[jpn]

A tip: post the help event to the widget associated for the action in the toolbar (see QToolBar::widgetForAction()). It won't work if you post the event directly to the toolbar or the action.