Open a QMainWindow from QMainWindow and wait until it closes

[Abdullah Radwan]

Hello,

I am getting a segmentation fault with this code, at the last line:

   SettingsWindow *settingsWin =  new SettingsWindow(this);

    settingsWin->show();

    QEventLoop loop;

    connect(settingsWin, SIGNAL(destroyed()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));

    loop.exec();

    orbiterPath = settingsWin->orbiterPath;

I want to open the settings window and wait until it closes (Something like .exec() in QDialog). I noticed when debugging all settingsWin variables are not accessible. What is the correct way to open a QMainWindow and wait until it closes?

[koahnig]

@Abdullah-Radwan

Hi and welcome to devnet forum

Not sure if I understand completely what you trying to do. However, when I see the sequence you are giving above and assume that this is a complete block copied from your source, it is the event loop.

   SettingsWindow *settingsWin =  new SettingsWindow(this);    // creates the setting what might be ok

    settingsWin->show();                                                                           // shows the window and is ok

    QEventLoop loop;                                                                                  // creates event loop

    connect(settingsWin, SIGNAL(destroyed()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));                  // connects destroyed signal of settings window to quit loop

    loop.exec();                             // starts the loop and until exit respectively quit

    orbiterPath = settingsWin->orbiterPath;                       // settingsWindow must be gone at this point

See comments above. The event loop has simply to wait until it is exited. The reason for exit is quit call, but quit is only called when the object is destroyed. When the object is destroyed you cannot access anymore and receive the seg fault.

[Abdullah Radwan]

@koahnig Thanks for the detailed explanation. I thought .destroy() removes the graphical elements, not the class itself. I removed delete on close attribute and made a custom signal for close event by overriding closeEvent() method. This how it looks in the code:

Show function in the code:

SettingsWindow *settingsWin = new SettingsWindow(this);

settingsWin->show();

QEventLoop loop;

connect(settingsWin, SIGNAL(closed()), &loop, SLOT(quit()));

loop.exec();

SettingsWindow.h:

class SettingsWindow : public QMainWindow
{
    Q_OBJECT

signals:
    void closed();
private:
    void closeEvent(QCloseEvent *bar);

SettingsWindow.cpp:

void SettingsWindow::closeEvent(QCloseEvent *bar){

    emit closed();

    bar->accept();
}