mousePressEvent do not work

Hi all,

I fail to get the mousePressEvent working for QDateEdit.

If the right button is clicked a menue shows up. Is there a way to setup my one menue for this ? (add items at least)

Thanks
Dexli

Code:

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// Mywidget.h
 
#ifndef MYWIDGET_H
#define MYWIDGET_H
 
#include <QtGui>
 
class MyWidget : public QDateEdit
 
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit MyWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
protected:
    virtual void mousePressEvent ( QMouseEvent * event ) ;
public slots:
 
};
 
#endif // MYWIDGET_H
 
// MyWidget.cpp
 
#include <QMessageBox>
#include "mywidget.h"
 
 MyWidget::MyWidget(QWidget *parent ):
       QDateEdit(parent)
{
   setDate(QDate(1977,2,15));
 
}
void MyWidget::mousePressEvent ( QMouseEvent * event )
{
    QMessageBox *box = new QMessageBox();
    box->setText("Button geklickt");
    box->show();
};
 
// Main.cpp
#include <QtGui>
#include "mywidget.h"
 
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
   QApplication app(argc, argv);
   QWidget window;
   MyWidget* dateed = new MyWidget(&window);
   QHBoxLayout* layout = new QHBoxLayout(&window);
   layout->addWidget(dateed);
   window.show();
   return app.exec();
}

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If you want to do something with the right click you should subclass the contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)

Mywidget.h

Code:

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#ifndef MYWIDGET_H
#define MYWIDGET_H
 
#include <QtGui>
class QAction;
 
class MyWidget : public QDateEdit
 
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    explicit MyWidget(QWidget *parent = 0);
protected:
    virtual void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event);
public slots:
private:
    QAction *actionNew;
 
};
 
#endif // MYWIDGET_H

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MyWidget.cpp

Code:

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#include <QMessageBox>
#include <QAction>
#include "mywidget.h"
 
 MyWidget::MyWidget(QWidget *parent ):
       QDateEdit(parent)
{
   setDate(QDate(1977,2,15));
   actionNew = new QAction(tr("Do Something New"), this);
   actionNew->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::New);
//   connect(actionNew, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(DoSomethingNew()));
}
 
 void MyWidget::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
{
    QMenu menuRight(this);
    menuRight.addAction(actionNew);
 
    menuRight.exec(event->globalPos());
}

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NOTE: this code replaces the default context menu

Hi Rhayader, hi rest

thanks for this hint.
In the meantime i found out why the mouseevents do not work as i expected.
Actually they work but not for the edit field (QlineEdit) they work for the QSpinBox.
If one click on the arrow the are called.


Two additional questions :
1. How to overwrite the QLineEdit mouseevent methods.
2. How can I access the 'original' menue to add the action there instead of creatin a new menu.

Thanks and have fun
Dexli