How to show SubMenu next to MainMenu?

[alex chpenst]

Hi,

I've added a submenu to the main menu with the following command:

subMenu = mainMenu->addMenu("Recent files");
subMenu->addAction(....);
...

The problem is that when I run my application and open subMenu, it's not shown right next to the mainMenu. It might have different positions on the screen and might be not attached to the mainMenu at all.

How to bind the subMenu to the mainMenu?

Thanks for any help!!

[aamer4yu]

Can u provide some snapshot of how u want it to appear ?
Also what have u tried ??

[alex chpenst]

The first attached picture is what I have. On the second picture is what I want to have (like it's normally). The first situation happens always when the submenu is shown first time (either when the application has just started or when the content of the submenu has changed). When the same content of the submenu has already been shown once then it's always like on the second picture (but still not perfectly aligned!!).

(The main menu is a contex menu shown when one of the tray icons is triggered. The submenu on the left is shown when action "Change active profile" is triggered).

[aamer4yu]

Can u post the code how you are doing it ?

[alex chpenst]

The code is below. Some things are missing, but I hope it's clear.. Thanks!

void Tray::createMenu()
 {
     trayIconMenu = new QMenu(this);
     fileMenu = trayIconMenu->addMenu("Change active profile");
     connect(fileMenu, SIGNAL(aboutToShow()), this, SLOT(activateFileMenu()));
 
     trayIcon = new QSystemTrayIcon(this);
     trayIcon->setContextMenu(trayIconMenu);
 }
 
void Tray::activateFileMenu()
{
     fileMenu->clear();
     QList<QString> allfiles = files->getAllFiles(); // retrieve file names
     fileGroupAction = new QActionGroup(this);
	 QAction *fileAction;
	 for (int i = 0; i < allfiles.size(); ++i) { // create a certain number of actions in fileMenu
	 	fileAction = new QAction (files->getIcon(allfiles.at(i)), allfiles.at(i), fileGroupAction);
	 	fileAction->setCheckable(true);
	 	if (files->getImportance(allfiles.at(i))==1) 
	 		fileAction->setChecked(true); // one of the files is checked by default
	    fileMenu->addAction(fileAction);
	 	fileGroupAction->addAction(fileAction);
        connect(fileAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(changeActiveFile()));
	 }
}

void Tray::createMenu()
 {
     trayIconMenu = new QMenu(this);
     fileMenu = trayIconMenu->addMenu("Change active profile");
     connect(fileMenu, SIGNAL(aboutToShow()), this, SLOT(activateFileMenu()));

     trayIcon = new QSystemTrayIcon(this);
     trayIcon->setContextMenu(trayIconMenu);
 }

void Tray::activateFileMenu()
{
     fileMenu->clear();
     QList<QString> allfiles = files->getAllFiles(); // retrieve file names
     fileGroupAction = new QActionGroup(this);
	 QAction *fileAction;
	 for (int i = 0; i < allfiles.size(); ++i) { // create a certain number of actions in fileMenu
	 	fileAction = new QAction (files->getIcon(allfiles.at(i)), allfiles.at(i), fileGroupAction);
	 	fileAction->setCheckable(true);
	 	if (files->getImportance(allfiles.at(i))==1) 
	 		fileAction->setChecked(true); // one of the files is checked by default
	    fileMenu->addAction(fileAction);
	 	fileGroupAction->addAction(fileAction);
        connect(fileAction, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SLOT(changeActiveFile()));
	 }
}

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