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    Wink [solved] Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    Hi mates!

    When I receive a signal, I'd like to know in my SLOT if the sender is a QDockWidget, how can I test which kind of object is QObject::sender()?

    There is a method called isA but I guess is obsolete because is not available on qt4.5

    Any idea?
    Thanks in advance.


    EDIT:

    BTW, Why doesn't work this:
    QDockWidget* dock=(QDockWidget*) QObject::sender();
    But this works perfectly:
    QObject* sender = const_cast<QObject*>(QObject::sender());
    QDockWidget* dock = static_cast<QDockWidget*>(sender);
    Last edited by ricardo; 8th May 2009 at 22:08.

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    Default Re: Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    simply cast sender() to QDockWidget and see if the pointer is valid.

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    Default Re: Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    Use qobject_cast.
    J-P Nurmi

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    Default Re: Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    Quote Originally Posted by ricardo View Post
    QObject* sender = const_cast<QObject*>(QObject::sender());
    QDockWidget* dock = static_cast<QDockWidget*>(sender);
    you also can use the Qt way
    Qt Code:
    1. QDockWidget* dock = qobject_cast<QDockWidget *>(QObject::sender());
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    Default Re: Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lykurg View Post
    simply cast sender() to QDockWidget and see if the pointer is valid.
    Do you mean !=NULL?

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    Default Re: Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    Quote Originally Posted by ricardo View Post
    Do you mean !=NULL?
    From the docs:
    T qobject_cast ( QObject * object )
    Returns the given object cast to type T if the object is of type T (or of a subclass); otherwise returns 0.
    So

    Qt Code:
    1. QDockWidget *dock = qobject_cast<QDockWidget *>(QObject::sender());
    2. if(dock)
    3. {
    4. // sender is a QDockWidget
    5. }
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    ... if you only dealing with a small number of dock widgets in you application and the slot has a pointer to them you can also of course use:
    Qt Code:
    1. if (myglobalpointer == QObject::sender())
    2. //...
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    Default Re: Which object type is QObject::sender()?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lykurg View Post
    From the docs:

    So

    Qt Code:
    1. QDockWidget *dock = qobject_cast<QDockWidget *>(QObject::sender());
    2. if(dock)
    3. {
    4. // sender is a QDockWidget
    5. }
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    ... if you only dealing with a small number of dock widgets in you application and the slot has a pointer to them you can also of course use:
    Qt Code:
    1. if (myglobalpointer == QObject::sender())
    2. //...
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    Thanks a lot. Solved.

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