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  • Christian EhrlicherC Online
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    Christian Ehrlicher
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    wrote on last edited by
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    @SGaist said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

    QTableWidgetItem *item = _myTableWidget->itemAt(pos);

    Imo there is a small mapping needed:
    The exception to this rule is QAbstractScrollArea and its subclasses that map the context menu event to coordinates of the viewport().

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    • SGaistS SGaist

      Why would you need it as static ?

      You have QTableWidget instance (e.g. _myTableWidget), then connect its customContextMenuRequested signal to some slots and in that slot call indexAt.

      Something along the lines:

      MainWindow(QWidget *parent)
          QWidget(parent)
      {
          _myTableWidget = new QTableWidget;
          // layout stuff etc.
          connect(_myTableWidget, &QTableWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &handleContextMenu);
      }
      
      void MainWindow::handleContextMenu(const QPoint& pos)
      {
          QTableWidgetItem *item = _myTableWidget->itemAt(pos);
          if (item) {
              // do what you want with the item.
          }
      }
      
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      Engelard
      wrote on last edited by Engelard
      #7

      @SGaist Ah now i get it. You misswrite in first post. Not indexAt but itemAt.

      P.S. there is no need to making connect, i just use all stuff inside customContextMenuRequested SLOT.

      P.P.S. everything seems to be well, compiles well, but not working i rly can't understand why:

      void MWindow::on_tableWidMemory_customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint &pos)
      {
          QTableWidgetItem *tempItem = ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos);
      
          ui->tableWidMemory->item(tempItem->row(), tempItem->column())->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green);
      }
      

      Also tried:

      ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos.x(), pos.y())->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green);
      

      Still nothing....

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      • EngelardE Engelard

        @SGaist Ah now i get it. You misswrite in first post. Not indexAt but itemAt.

        P.S. there is no need to making connect, i just use all stuff inside customContextMenuRequested SLOT.

        P.P.S. everything seems to be well, compiles well, but not working i rly can't understand why:

        void MWindow::on_tableWidMemory_customContextMenuRequested(const QPoint &pos)
        {
            QTableWidgetItem *tempItem = ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos);
        
            ui->tableWidMemory->item(tempItem->row(), tempItem->column())->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green);
        }
        

        Also tried:

        ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos.x(), pos.y())->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green);
        

        Still nothing....

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        jsulm
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        wrote on last edited by
        #8

        @Engelard I don't have a solution, but want to say that you're writing dangerous code: you're not checking whether tempItem is a valid pointer! If it is not your app will crash.
        Also, shouldn't it be http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtablewidgetitem.html#setBackground?

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        • VRoninV Offline
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          wrote on last edited by
          #9

          You just need to set the menu policy: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#contextMenuPolicy-prop

          In MWindow constructor call setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);

          Also note what @Christian-Ehrlicher said.
          Instead of ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos); you'll probably need ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(ui->tableWidMemory->mapFromGlobal(mapToGlobal(pos)));

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          • jsulmJ jsulm

            @Engelard I don't have a solution, but want to say that you're writing dangerous code: you're not checking whether tempItem is a valid pointer! If it is not your app will crash.
            Also, shouldn't it be http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtablewidgetitem.html#setBackground?

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            Engelard
            wrote on last edited by
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            @jsulm said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

            Also, shouldn't it be http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtablewidgetitem.html#setBackground?

            Nope. setBackgroundColor is wroked well with leftClick slot.

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            • VRoninV VRonin

              You just need to set the menu policy: http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qwidget.html#contextMenuPolicy-prop

              In MWindow constructor call setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);

              Also note what @Christian-Ehrlicher said.
              Instead of ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos); you'll probably need ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(ui->tableWidMemory->mapFromGlobal(mapToGlobal(pos)));

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              Engelard
              wrote on last edited by
              #11

              @VRonin nothing changed, still not working..

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              • EngelardE Engelard

                @VRonin nothing changed, still not working..

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                VRonin
                wrote on last edited by VRonin
                #12

                @Engelard said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                nothing changed, still not working

                Does on_tableWidMemory_customContextMenuRequested get executed at all?

                Actually realised my mistake. You are asking the context menu only for the table widget so instead of setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); you should have ui->tableWidMemory->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); and forget about the mapFromGlobal/mapToGlobal part

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                On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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                • VRoninV VRonin

                  @Engelard said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                  nothing changed, still not working

                  Does on_tableWidMemory_customContextMenuRequested get executed at all?

                  Actually realised my mistake. You are asking the context menu only for the table widget so instead of setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); you should have ui->tableWidMemory->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); and forget about the mapFromGlobal/mapToGlobal part

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                  @VRonin said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                  @Engelard said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                  nothing changed, still not working

                  Does on_tableWidMemory_customContextMenuRequested get executed at all?

                  Lol, no it does'nt. But after your:

                  Actually realised my mistake. You are asking the context menu only for the table widget so instead of setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); you should have ui->tableWidMemory->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); and forget about the mapFromGlobal/mapToGlobal part

                  It called, but whole app crashes)

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                    wrote on last edited by Engelard
                    #14

                    Now it's woring, i removed whole that stuff

                    QTableWidgetItem *tempItem = ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos);
                    

                    The only thing is left now:

                    ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos)->setBackgroundColor(Qt::green);
                    

                    And

                    ui->tableWidMemory->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
                    

                    in constructor.

                    Tnx VRonin for help. Still can't get why no slot for rightclick for QTableWidget cells, would be way efficient and simplier for newcomers. But anyway, at least it working with two extra-lines of code.

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                    • EngelardE Engelard

                      @VRonin said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                      @Engelard said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                      nothing changed, still not working

                      Does on_tableWidMemory_customContextMenuRequested get executed at all?

                      Lol, no it does'nt. But after your:

                      Actually realised my mistake. You are asking the context menu only for the table widget so instead of setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); you should have ui->tableWidMemory->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu); and forget about the mapFromGlobal/mapToGlobal part

                      It called, but whole app crashes)

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                      jsulm
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                      wrote on last edited by
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                      @Engelard said in Simpliest way for creating contextMenu for QTableWidget cells:

                      It called, but whole app crashes)

                      Where do you execute this code? It should be after ui->setupUI

                      https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                        wrote on last edited by
                        #16

                        P.S. Ah. Now i get it, that new object

                        QTableWidgetItem *tempItem = ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos);

                        needed for checking if user rightclick to anything in TableWidget but cells, it would crash without it.

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                        • EngelardE Engelard

                          P.S. Ah. Now i get it, that new object

                          QTableWidgetItem *tempItem = ui->tableWidMemory->itemAt(pos);

                          needed for checking if user rightclick to anything in TableWidget but cells, it would crash without it.

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                          jsulm
                          Lifetime Qt Champion
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                          #17

                          @Engelard I told you :-)

                          https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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