QOpenGLWindow from QOpenGLWidget

kshegunov · wrote on 5 Dec 2015, 17:06

Hello,
I need to acquire instance to a QOpenGLWindow from a corresponding widget I have. Is this possible and how can one go about it?

Thanks in advance.

Chris Kawa · wrote on 5 Dec 2015, 17:13

One does not inherit from the other so there's no way to do that.
You could, for example, embed a window in a widget with createWindowContainer(), but they share similar functions. Why do you need to turn one into another?

kshegunov · wrote on 5 Dec 2015, 17:17

Hello,
I know they don't inherit one another, that's why I'm asking if it's possible. :)
I have a form with QOpenGLWidget laid out and want to use Qt3D, which does require a QWindow subclass for its painting routines. Now I was thinking maybe creating an attached QOpenGLWindow and sharing contexts but I'm not quite sure if this is the way. Anyway, createWindowsContainer is a possible solution, but I'd need to handle the layout insertion manually, this is why I'm asking.

Kind regards.