Forward key event to other widget?

[Boron]

Hello,

I have a QTableWidget based class with an reimplemented keyPressEvent(...) method.

Unfortunately the window that holds the tableWidget does not react on the Tab-key any more (catchword: tab order). the tab order works as long as the tableWidget is not reached. As soon as the tabWidget has the focus the Tab-key only switches from one table cell to the next.
The tab order of the parent widget is "stopped" in from this moment on.

How can I make the tabWidget ignore the Tab-key and leave it to the surrounding widget that hold the tabWidget?

My implementation of the keyPressEvent(). No magic so far:

void MyTableWidget::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent* event )
{
   switch( event->key() )
   {
   case Qt::Key_Home:
      setCurrentCell(0, 0);
      break;
   default:
      QTableWidget::keyPressEvent(event);
      break;
   }
}

void MyTableWidget::keyPressEvent( QKeyEvent* event )
{
   switch( event->key() )
   {
   case Qt::Key_Home:
      setCurrentCell(0, 0);
      break;
   default:
      QTableWidget::keyPressEvent(event);
      break;
   }
}

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[wysota]

Reimplement QObject::event() for your table widget (or its viewport(), try both) and handle Qt::Key_Tab there. Alternatively reimplement QAbstractItemView::focusNextPrevChild() and call implementation of the method from QWidget there.

[Boron]

Thank you.
The second idea was pretty easy.

For those having the same "problem" as I had: Here is what I have done:

bool MyTableWidget::focusNextPrevChild( bool next )
{
   QWidget::focusNextPrevChild(next);
   return false; // a "true" also works
}

bool MyTableWidget::focusNextPrevChild( bool next )
{
   QWidget::focusNextPrevChild(next);
   return false; // a "true" also works
}

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[wysota]

How about just:

bool MyTableWidget::focusNextPrevChild( bool next )
{
   return QWidget::focusNextPrevChild(next);
}

bool MyTableWidget::focusNextPrevChild( bool next )
{
   return QWidget::focusNextPrevChild(next);
}

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