[SOLVED] Simple SetText example

DeanQt

I have two line edit widgets. Upon pressing enter on the one, I want the other line edit to update its value:

I tried the following:
@ connect (ui ->lineEdit, SIGNAL (returnPressed()), ui->lineEdit_2, SLOT (setText("Hello")));@

But it does not work?

SGaist

Hi,

No it won't, you can't pass values in the connect statement.

Have look at this "chapter":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/signalsandslots.html of the documentation to see how it works

DeanQt

[quote author="SGaist" date="1388266058"]Hi,

No it won't, you can't pass values in the connect statement.

Have look at this "chapter":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/signalsandslots.html of the documentation to see how it works[/quote]

How then do I update the lineEdit_2 everytime I change lineEdit if I cant use the connect functionality?

panosk

Hi,

You can use a signal/slot connection. Just create your own slot:
@
private slots:
void mySlot() {
//If you like, do some checks for empty string, etc
ui->lineEdit_2->setText("Hello");
}
@

Then do the connection like this:

@
connect (ui ->lineEdit, SIGNAL (returnPressed()), this, SLOT (mySlot()));
@

EDIT: I complicated your problem with no reason :-)

DeanQt

[quote author="panosk" date="1388334136"]Hi,

You can use a signal/slot connection. Just create your own slot:
@
private slots:
void mySlot() {
//If you like, do some checks for empty string, etc
ui->lineEdit_2->setText("Hello");
}
@

Then do the connection like this:

@
connect (ui ->lineEdit, SIGNAL (returnPressed()), this, SLOT (mySlot()));
@

EDIT: I complicated your problem with no reason :-)[/quote]

I get the error "expected qualifier-id before 'private' when I make a private slot in the source code.

Seba84

Can we see the complete code?

Are you sure you are not missing something in the line before the private slot declaration? For example parenthesis, semicolon or class with no header?
Did you include the Q_OBJECT macro inside the class?

panosk

The
@
private slots:
@

part belongs to the header, not the .cpp file. If you already have it in the header, then you probably have a typo (missing bracket, parenthesis, etc).

DeanQt

[quote author="panosk" date="1388347381"]The
@
private slots:
@

part belongs to the header, not the .cpp file. If you already have it in the header, then you probably have a typo (missing bracket, parenthesis, etc). [/quote]

Same error when including it in the header file:

Header:

@#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QTableWidget>
#include "Equations.h"

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;
};

private slots:

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
@

panosk

It's out of the class definition and you forgot the actual slot function.

Seba84

:) Try putting private slots inside the class definition. Like this:

@class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;

private slots:
void mySlot() {
//If you like, do some checks for empty string, etc
ui->lineEdit_2->setText("Hello");
}

}; @

EDIT: panosk, we are really syncronized... :) :)

DeanQt

This time I get the error
invalid use of incomplete type 'class Ui::MainWindow'
and
forward declaration of 'class Ui::MainWindow'

on lines 9 and 26 respectively.

@#ifndef MAINWINDOW_H
#define MAINWINDOW_H

#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QTableWidget>
#include "Equations.h"

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;

private slots:
void mySlot() {
//If you like, do some checks for empty string, etc
ui->lineEdit_2->setText("Hello");
}
};

#endif // MAINWINDOW_H
@

panosk

Use only the definition in the header and put the implementation in your source file.

This goes in the header:
@
private slots:
void mySlot();
@

And this goes to the .cpp file:

@
void MainWindow::mySlot() {
ui->lineEdit_2->setText("Hello");
}
@

DeanQt

Great, it works, thanks.

Question though. On line 16, why must I use "this" as the third connect parameter instead of "lineEdit_2"?

@#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"
#include <QTableWidget>
#include "stdio.h"

#include <Equations.h>

using namespace std;

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);

connect (ui ->lineEdit, SIGNAL (editingFinished()), this, SLOT (mySlot()));

}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{

delete ui;

}

void MainWindow::mySlot() {
ui->lineEdit_2->setText("Hello");
}
@

SGaist

You don't need it in this case, it's just using another overload of the connect function. All version of the connect function where not present in QObject at the same time, so older user are generally using the form with 4 arguments

DeanQt

If I replace "this" with ui->linEdit_2, the slot doesnt trigger. How does one explain this?

panosk

The slot is a member of your MainWindow class and it's not a member of QLineEdit's class (lineEdit_2 is a QLineEdit).

The connect statement connects a signal from an object A to a slot of an object B. In your case, you connect the signal returnPressed() which indeed is a member of a QLineEdit object (your lineEdit) and the slot mySlot() which indeed is a member of your current (this) MainWindow object.