MSG not defined (winEvent)

[December]

Hi Jpn,

I tied that.. but now just about everything has stopped working.. I tried returning both true and false, but still the main UI doesn't seem to draw, the close buttons etc don't work.

[jpn]

I tied that.. but now just about everything has stopped working.. I tried returning both true and false, but still the main UI doesn't seem to draw, the close buttons etc don't work.

The event must be passed to the base class implementation so that the event gets further delivered to the correct specialized event handler. For example:

bool MyWidget::event(QEvent* e)
{
    if (e->type() == QEvent::WindowStateChange)
    {
        // minimized, maximized or fullscreen state changed, do something..
    }
    return QWidget::event(e); // <-- important
}

bool MyWidget::event(QEvent* e)
{
    if (e->type() == QEvent::WindowStateChange)
    {
        // minimized, maximized or fullscreen state changed, do something..
    }
    return QWidget::event(e); // <-- important
}

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[December]

That was it.. thanks loads

I had just about figure out that I could do it using an Event filter.. which is the better approach?

[jpn]

I had just about figure out that I could do it using an Event filter.. which is the better approach?

Sure, both ways work. It's just a matter of taste. Overriding an event handler in most cases results into a cleaner solution than installing an event filter. Installing an event filter might save you from subclassing but the functionality ends up into a "wrong" class..