Switch the focus between 2 widgets

[franco.amato]

Hi to all,
In my application I have mainly 2 widgets ( QWidgets , 2 waveform viewers ) and I would switch the focus between these 2 widgets with the shift key.
For example I have
wave_1 and wave_2. When the application starts the wave_1 has focus.
If I press shift wave_2 must have the focus. Pressing shift again wave_1 will have the focus and so on.
Pressing shift the focus must pass from wave_1 and wave_2, no other widgets.


How can I do it?

Best Regards

[Lykurg]

in wave_1 hold a pointer to wave_2 and vice versa. Then use QWidget::keyPressEvent() and there callwave_X->setFocus().

Or use signal and slots instead of the pointers.

[franco.amato]

in wave_1 hold a pointer to wave_2 and vice versa. Then use QWidget::keyPressEvent() and there callwave_X->setFocus().

Or use signal and slots instead of the pointers.

Hi, I have a CentralWidget containing the 2 widget.
I don't have to call setFocus from such container widget?

I wrote this code

void CentralWidget::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent*pe )
{
	switch( pe->key() )
	{
		case Qt::Key_Tab:
			{
				// switch the focus
				if( m_pWave2->hasFocus() )
				{
					m_pWave1->setFocus( Qt::TabFocusReason );
				}
				else if ( m_pWave1->hasFocus() )
				{
					m_pWave2->setFocus(Qt::TabFocusReason);
				}
 
				break;
			}
 
		default:
			QWidget::keyPressEvent(pe);
			break;
	}
}

void CentralWidget::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent*pe )
{
	switch( pe->key() )
	{
		case Qt::Key_Tab:
			{
				// switch the focus
				if( m_pWave2->hasFocus() )
				{
					m_pWave1->setFocus( Qt::TabFocusReason );
				}
				else if ( m_pWave1->hasFocus() )
				{
					m_pWave2->setFocus(Qt::TabFocusReason);
				}

				break;
			}

		default:
			QWidget::keyPressEvent(pe);
			break;
	}
}

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this can be ok?

[Lykurg]

Hi, I have a CentralWidget containing the 2 widget.
I don't have to call setFocus from such container widget?

if you have a main widget, then it's easier.

I wrote this code

...

this can be ok?

That looks nice. Should work. Just try it.

[franco.amato]

if you have a main widget, then it's easier..

Hi I think I did a mistake.
If I press "tab key" from the main widget it mean that the main widget has the focus to receive keyboard event right?
Is not I want. I neet the focus only between wave_1 and wave_2

so I don't know how to "solve" that problem