right click QPainter rectangle?

[mattyev87]

hey guys, im using PyQt4 and i have created a grid of rectangles using the QPainter:

painter = QtGui.QPainter(self)
painter.drawRect(Ypos, Xpos, square_width, square_height)

its nothing fancy, it just does the job for now.

my question is simply is it possible to store a different string (im going to use it to store names for now) in each painted square, right click and print the string for example?

im very new to PyQt4 and any examples would be much appreciated. thanks

matty

[high_flyer]

The way you are doing it now (painting a rect) the short answer is 'no', because the rect is not an object, just some coordinates you are giving to the painter.
But instead of drawing the rects your self, you could just place QFrames (or QLabels) on your widget, then you can either use the obejectName() method, or set properties, or subclass and add a special field, a setter and getter for it, and as added bonus you don't have to worry about painting at all!

[mattyev87]

thanks alot, thats fantastic. will research into it now

[mattyev87]

hey, using the frame method worked very well. i subclassed Qframe and added my own setter and getter methods. which work fine

but still having trouble figuring out how to use the getter method when a qframe is clicked.

any ideas how i might do this?

[high_flyer]

Have a look at QWidget::mousePressEvent()

[mattyev87]

hey thanks worked like a charm.

is there a way to do a mouse hover event on a qframe?

[high_flyer]

Check the QEvent type enums.