Tab keeps hover style after a context menu is closed

[gui developer]

Hi,

I have added a custom context menu to the QTabWidget. However, if a user moves mouse over one of the tabs, right-clicks to display the context menu, moves the mouse away and clicks on some other control, the menu disappears but the tab keeps its hover style.

A simple example of the way I am adding the context menu is below:

class ContextMenuTabWidget : public QTabWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    ContextMenuTabWidget(QWidget * parent = 0);
public slots:
    void showContextMenu(const QPoint& point);
}

class ContextMenuTabWidget : public QTabWidget
{
    Q_OBJECT
public:
    ContextMenuTabWidget(QWidget * parent = 0);
public slots:
    void showContextMenu(const QPoint& point);
}

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ContextMenuTabWidget::ContextMenuTabWidget(QWidget * parent) : QTabWidget(parent)
{
    connect(this, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)),
            this, SLOT(showContextMenu(const QPoint&)));
}
 
void ContextMenuTabWidget::showContextMenu(const QPoint& point)
{
        QMenu menu;
        menu.addAction(tr("Menu Item"));
        menu.exec(mapToGlobal(point));
}

ContextMenuTabWidget::ContextMenuTabWidget(QWidget * parent) : QTabWidget(parent)
{
    connect(this, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint&)),
            this, SLOT(showContextMenu(const QPoint&)));
}

void ContextMenuTabWidget::showContextMenu(const QPoint& point)
{
        QMenu menu;
        menu.addAction(tr("Menu Item"));
        menu.exec(mapToGlobal(point));
}

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How can I avoid the problem of the tab keeping its hover style?

Thanks in advance!

[gui developer]

If anyone is interested, I have solved it by firing a HoverLeave event if mouse moved away from the tab.

Something like:

int hoverTab = tabBar()->tabAt(tabBar()->mapFromGlobal(QCursor::pos()));
if (clickedTab != hoverTab) {
            QEvent e(QEvent::HoverLeave);
            QApplication::sendEvent(tabBar(), &e);
}

int hoverTab = tabBar()->tabAt(tabBar()->mapFromGlobal(QCursor::pos()));
if (clickedTab != hoverTab) {
            QEvent e(QEvent::HoverLeave);
            QApplication::sendEvent(tabBar(), &e);
}

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