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    Default QTextEdit drag and drop

    Hey there trolltechers,

    I'm using a QTextEdit dynaically allocated inside a widget:
    - When the mouse enters: I create and place it.
    - When the mouse leaves: I delete it.

    Now I have glitches with the following:
    - Contextual menu makes the app crash since the mouse leaves the parent widget:
    solved it with : mTextBrowser->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);

    But :
    - Drag and dropping makes the app crashes since the mouse leaves the parent too when dragging something.


    I tried with deleteLater() and that doesn't solve a thing.
    Any way to disable drag and dropping on a QTextEdit? Am I doing something wrong by creating deleting in the enter/leave event?

    Thanks.

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    Default Re: QTextEdit drag and drop

    What exactly are you creating and deleting? The text edit widget? What is your purpose?

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    Default Re: QTextEdit drag and drop

    Ok,

    I have a custom "bubble widget" like the one in an iChat conversation.

    When hoovering the widget with the mouse I'm replacing painted text by a QTextEdit to get the "copy", "open links" (etc) functionnalities.

    Only problem is when drag and dropping a block of text out of the bubble it crashes because the leave event deletes my QTextEdit.

    So my question is :
    - Is there a way to disable Drag and drop on a QTextEdit.
    - Or do you have a better approach for doing it.

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    Default Re: QTextEdit drag and drop

    Try using a QLabel and use QLabel::setTextInteractionFlags() with Qt::TextBrowserInteraction. If it doesn't give you what you want, use QTextBrowser or QTextEdit instead but don't delete it when leaving its borders - instead remove its frame so that it looks like an ordinary text. Or you can even have the frame removed all the time. QTextEdit has QFrame as its ancesstor so you can manipulate its frame shape.

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    Default Re: QTextEdit drag and drop

    Qt Code:
    1. //=============================================================================
    2. //=============================================================================
    3.  
    4. /* virtual */ void ZeParagraphWidget::enterEvent(QEvent * event)
    5. {
    6. if (mTextBrowser)
    7. {
    8. mTextBrowser->document()->deleteLater();
    9. mTextBrowser->deleteLater();
    10. mTextBrowser = NULL;
    11. }
    12.  
    13. mTextBrowser = new QTextBrowser(this);
    14. mTextBrowser->setDocument(mTextDocument->clone());
    15. mTextBrowser->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
    16. mTextBrowser->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
    17. mTextBrowser->setStyle(ZeStyle::get());
    18.  
    19. mTextBrowser->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
    20. mTextBrowser->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::NoContextMenu);
    21.  
    22. mTextBrowser->move(-1, -1);
    23. mTextBrowser->resize(mTextDocument->idealWidth() + 2, height() + 2);
    24. mTextBrowser->show();
    25. update();
    26. }
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    That stuff is working. Instead of tweaking the QFrame I set my own style.
    Only problem is : when entered the newly created TextBrowser never gets deleted.

    I guess would need some kind of isActive() flag for the QTextBrowser in order to choose wether I can delete it or not in the leaveEvent.

    Thanks man.
    Last edited by bunjee; 7th February 2008 at 14:22.

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    Default Re: QTextEdit drag and drop

    Can someone offer advice on how to disable drag and drop in a QTextEdit? I
    would like to handle it manually.

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    Default Re: QTextEdit drag and drop

    Quote Originally Posted by bunjee View Post
    Only problem is : when entered the newly created TextBrowser never gets deleted.
    Why should it get deleted? Create it when you create the widget and leave it there, regardless of entering or leaving the area. Just use QTextBrowser instead of whatever you used to use there.

    Quote Originally Posted by bunjee View Post
    Can someone offer advice on how to disable drag and drop in a QTextEdit? I
    would like to handle it manually.
    Looks like the only thing you want is copy & paste (+drag and drop which is really copy&paste too). Why don't you forget about using a text edit and implement copy & paste functionality for a completely custom widget?

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