Detect Button Press / Release in toolbar

[irish_guy@hotmail.com]

Thanks Anda,

I used the event filter because I was unable to figure out how to use these signals of the button on a toolbar.

I can use the signals from a normal push button but I can't understand how to get the same signals from the toolbar buttons.

Is there any example of using the QAbstractButton in this way or a similar way?

I am new to this so sorry if it is obvious....

Thanks Again,
Louis

[anda_skoa]

I can use the signals from a normal push button but I can't understand how to get the same signals from the toolbar buttons.

There is no difference. The signal/slot mechanism works the same way for all QObject subclasses

With SIGNAL/SLOT macros:

connect(pointerToToolButton, SIGNAL(pressed()), pointerToReceiver, SLOT(someSlotNameHandlingPress()));

connect(pointerToToolButton, SIGNAL(pressed()), pointerToReceiver, SLOT(someSlotNameHandlingPress()));

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The circumstance that the button is on a toolbar doesn't change anything, connect() doesn't even care that the sender is a QWidget derived class.

Cheers,
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[irish_guy@hotmail.com]

Thanks again & Almost there I think...

When I try to connect the signals and slots... I get a run time message that there is No such Signal QAction:ressed()

connect(ui->actionZoom_In, SIGNAL(pressed()), this, SLOT(MousePress()));

QObject::connect: No such signal QAction:ressed() in ../CameraControlGUI/mainwindow.cpp:66
QObject::connect: (sender name: 'actionZoom_In')
QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'MainWindow')

When I connect to the 'triggered signal'

connect(ui->actionZoom_In, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(MousePress()));

it works fine but I really need pressed and released...

Regards
Louis

[anda_skoa]

Ah, yes, I should have written QToolButton, not QAction.

Oh, wait, I did.

Cheers,
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