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How to create a line between 2 points with QLabel?

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    frnklu20
    wrote on last edited by frnklu20
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    With the program that i'm developing i can draw a line between 2 points with QPainter, but now i need to do some stuff with this line that it has to be a label

    But how can i do it?
    For example:

        QLabel *child = new QLabel(this);
        child->setPixmap(QPixmap(url_linhal));##it is an image that i made on paint that is all black, to act like a line made from QPainter
        QRect rect(10,20,100,20);
        child->setGeometry(rect);
        child->show();
    

    but there is a problem, with this code appears a rect between 2 points not a line, so how can i do this?

    i know that it is a crazy ideia, and i wanna know if there is a way to do it

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      mrjj
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      #2

      Hi
      Just to understand.
      You draw a line with QPainter and you want to show this line as pixmap on
      a QLabel ?

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        frnklu20
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        #3

        yes! instead of using QPainter, represent this line as a QLabel

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        • F frnklu20

          yes! instead of using QPainter, represent this line as a QLabel

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          mrjj
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          wrote on last edited by mrjj
          #4

          @frnklu20
          Well QLabel can show a pixmap. It can not show line by itself.
          So the idea to draw on pixmap and show in label is fine enough.
          you can do that directly

            int h =100;
            int w = 100;
            QPixmap pix(w, h);
            QPainter paint(&pix);
            pix.fill( Qt::white );
            paint.setPen(QColor(0, 0, 0, 255));
            paint.drawLine(xxx) 
            ui->label->setPixmap(pix);
          

          But what are you actually doing?
          Maybe a custom widget would work far better.

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            frnklu20
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            I guess a custom widget will be better, but i don't have any ideia to do that

            I want is to deal with the line as an object and to be clickable, i want to click in any part of the line and my program recognizes it.

            What i thought was to use a CustomLabel class that it emits a signal when it is clicked and create an obect of this class between 2 points.
            So the way you said before, i create a line inside my QLabel but it becomes to big for being a rect

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            • F frnklu20

              I guess a custom widget will be better, but i don't have any ideia to do that

              I want is to deal with the line as an object and to be clickable, i want to click in any part of the line and my program recognizes it.

              What i thought was to use a CustomLabel class that it emits a signal when it is clicked and create an obect of this class between 2 points.
              So the way you said before, i create a line inside my QLabel but it becomes to big for being a rect

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              mrjj
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              @frnklu20
              Well the image has to be as big as the points
              like 0,0 and 100,100 , the pixmap must be 100x100
              But if you want to click on it, an image is not so good as it
              has no idea where line is. so it needs the point anyway.

              Even with a custom widget, it must still be as big as the span between the points.

              So what should happen when you click the line at any part of it ?

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                frnklu20
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                It's not pretty yet, but that's what my program does
                I add objects on the screen and draw lines between then

                0_1557239421701_daede2d6-eb37-4671-887c-e4d02e0c4430-image.png

                but this line has to be treated as an object as well, when i click in any point of the line it should open a window with its data

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                • F frnklu20

                  It's not pretty yet, but that's what my program does
                  I add objects on the screen and draw lines between then

                  0_1557239421701_daede2d6-eb37-4671-887c-e4d02e0c4430-image.png

                  but this line has to be treated as an object as well, when i click in any point of the line it should open a window with its data

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                  mrjj
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                  wrote on last edited by mrjj
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                  @frnklu20
                  well you need to store the 2 points for each line and
                  then use math to find out if the user hits a line on mousePressed.
                  How is the lines stored now ? ( the points you use to draw it )

                  This explains it well
                  http://www.jeffreythompson.org/collision-detection/line-point.php

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                    Hi,

                    Since you seem to want to interact and have things working dynamically, did you consider the Graphics View Framework ?

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                      frnklu20
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #10

                      Exactly!

                      Graphics View Framework would help me a lot, i guess

                      Do you know some book or site that i can learn more about it?with some examples and everything

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                        #11

                        Did you check the Qt documentation and related examples ?

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                        Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                          frnklu20
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                          #12

                          Yes!
                          But i'm having a problem.

                          I saw in a video a guy using the the graphic view framework in a QDialog

                          That's the code:

                          dialog.h

                          class Dialog : public QDialog
                          {
                              Q_OBJECT
                          
                          public:
                              explicit Dialog(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
                              ~Dialog();
                          
                          private:
                              Ui::Dialog *ui;
                              QGraphicsScene *scene;
                              QGraphicsEllipseItem *ellipse;
                              QGraphicsRectItem *rectangle;
                              
                          };
                          

                          dialog.cpp

                              QDialog(parent),
                              ui(new Ui::Dialog)
                          {
                              ui->setupUi(this);
                          
                              scene= new QGraphicsScene(this);
                              ui->graphicsView->setScene(scene);////the problem is here!
                              QBrush redBrush(Qt::red);
                              QPen blackpen(Qt::black);
                          
                              ellipse=scene->addEllipse(10,10,100,100,blackpen,redBrush);
                          
                          }
                          

                          It says that no member named 'graphicView' in Ui::Dialog, so how can i fix it?
                          i want to use the application in qwidget or qdialog class

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                            Did you add a QGraphicsView widget name graphicsView through designer to your dialog ?

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                              frnklu20
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #14

                              no, how can i do this?

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                                Well, use designer as explained here.

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