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  • J.HilkJ J.Hilk

    @davecotter
    you clearly did not write what I did, right? only 1 : not ::focus

    #include <QApplication>
    #include <QWidget>
    #include <QTableWidget>
    #include <QTreeWidget>
    #include <QHBoxLayout>
    
    int main(int argc, char *argv[])
    {
    
        QApplication a(argc, argv);
    
        QWidget w;
        QHBoxLayout *layout = new QHBoxLayout(&w);
    
        QTreeWidget tr;
        tr.setStyleSheet("QTreeWidget:focus{border: 4px solid red;}");
    
        QTableWidget ta;
        ta.setStyleSheet("QTableWidget:focus{border: 4px solid red;}");
    
        layout->addWidget(&tr);
        layout->addWidget(&ta);
    
        w.resize(400,400);
        w.show();
    
        return  a.exec();
    }
    

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    @j-hilk well, it turns out not to have mattered. With 1 OR 2 colons, you get the same result, one pixel wide border, not the number of pixels you specify. Even your example, specifying 4px, it only shows a 1px border. but thanks for the test!

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      @j-hilk well, it turns out not to have mattered. With 1 OR 2 colons, you get the same result, one pixel wide border, not the number of pixels you specify. Even your example, specifying 4px, it only shows a 1px border. but thanks for the test!

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      @davecotter you're welcome 😉

      strange I can confirm that, but the pixel size used to make a difference 🤔


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        @mpergand said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

        treeView->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);

        note i tried this on the mac just to SEE it, and got exactly nothing. is there no way to accomplish this?

        again i ask: how does the text edit control (on mac) do it? that looks great!

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          @mpergand said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

          treeView->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);

          note i tried this on the mac just to SEE it, and got exactly nothing. is there no way to accomplish this?

          again i ask: how does the text edit control (on mac) do it? that looks great!

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          @davecotter

          Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect will create a QFocusFrame around the specific widget. If setting that flag doesnt work for you, you could try to build a QFocusFrame directly.

          https://doc.qt.io/archives/qt-4.8/qfocusframe.html


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            @mpergand said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

            treeView->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);

            note i tried this on the mac just to SEE it, and got exactly nothing. is there no way to accomplish this?

            again i ask: how does the text edit control (on mac) do it? that looks great!

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            @davecotter said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

            @mpergand said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

            treeView->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);

            note i tried this on the mac just to SEE it, and got exactly nothing. is there no way to accomplish this?

            It works for me on MacOS 10.9, Qt 5.6
            QFocusFrame doesn't work on Mac on the config above,
            but works well on Linux (Ubuntu mate 18.04)

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              i have tried to use Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect on mac and see nothing. can you show a screen shot of what you see?

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                i have tried to use Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect on mac and see nothing. can you show a screen shot of what you see?

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                @davecotter
                Focus-Ring.png

                edit=new QTextEdit;
                edit->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);
                groupLayout->addWidget(edit);
                
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                  sorry, i wasn't talking about a text edit widget. that already works without my having to do anything.

                  i'm talking about putting a focus ring around a QTreeView and a QTableView.

                  and in that case it only shows the ring when the view has focus right? i don't have to manage that part myself, right?

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                    sorry, i wasn't talking about a text edit widget. that already works without my having to do anything.

                    i'm talking about putting a focus ring around a QTreeView and a QTableView.

                    and in that case it only shows the ring when the view has focus right? i don't have to manage that part myself, right?

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                    @davecotter
                    It's work with QTable/TreeView as well !
                    Focus-Ring2.png

                       QTreeView* edit=new QTreeView;
                       edit->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);
                       groupLayout->addWidget(edit);
                       edit=new QTreeView;
                       edit->setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);
                       groupLayout->addWidget(edit);
                    

                    [EDIT]
                    For me, QTable and QTreeView have the focus ring by default (without setAttribute(Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect);)
                    but for QTextEdit Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect is needed.

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                      huh, for me the text edit gets a ring automatically, and no matter what i do i can't get the tree or table view to get it.

                      note i'm setting it all up in Qt Designer, then programmatically adding the ring around tree/table views, to no avail.

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                        huh, for me the text edit gets a ring automatically, and no matter what i do i can't get the tree or table view to get it.

                        note i'm setting it all up in Qt Designer, then programmatically adding the ring around tree/table views, to no avail.

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                        @davecotter said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

                        note i'm setting it all up in Qt Designer, then programmatically adding the ring around tree/table views, to no avail.

                        Check if the focus policy is not set to NoFocus.
                        On the code above, If I add :

                        edit->setFocusPolicy(Qt::NoFocus);
                        

                        Obviously the focus ring doesn't appear anymore.

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                          Yes the views default to having "strongFocus". I have recreated the minimal project, which also does not show focus rings even with all the code correct as specified above.

                          If anyone has a couple free minutes, please download and run this project, and tell me what's wrong?

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                            Your project works as expected for me.
                            But I can't test above Qt 5.8 and MacOs 10.9.
                            Maybe a bug in more recent Qt versions ?

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                              well i am on macOS 10.14 and Qt 5.13.0

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                                @mpergand said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

                                WA_MacShowFocusRect

                                can anyone try on latest Qt?

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                                  @mpergand or anyone, can you reproduce the problem? that the focus ring is 1px no matter what? if you see CORRECT results (nice ring like around the search box) can you screen shot that and tell me what version of Qt you're using?

                                  i still can not for the life of me get this ring to look good

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                                    davecotter
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                                    if i embed the views inside a QFrame, with 3px borders, then draw the focus on the QFrames, that looks good. i can tab between all 3 items and the borders look good (if the wrong color).

                                    but that leaves the wrong QObject with the focus. i need the tree/table views to have actual focus.

                                    soi try to do this:

                                    treeFrame->setFocusProxy(treeView);
                                    tableFrame->setFocusProxy(tableView);

                                    then the edit text and tree frame look good, but the table view is back to looking all wrong again (1 pixel border)

                                    good:
                                    Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 9.32.55 PM.png

                                    good:
                                    Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 9.33.00 PM.png

                                    bad:
                                    Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 9.33.06 PM.png

                                    why 1 pixel? the code is correct.

                                    I've a new minimal project if some kind soul (who likes karaoke?) could take a look?
                                    http://kjams.com/downloads/qfocustest.zip

                                    thanks

                                    -dave

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                                      @mpergand or anyone, can you reproduce the problem? that the focus ring is 1px no matter what? if you see CORRECT results (nice ring like around the search box) can you screen shot that and tell me what version of Qt you're using?

                                      i still can not for the life of me get this ring to look good

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                                      @davecotter said in Focus ring around tree/table views?:

                                      @mpergand or anyone, can you reproduce the problem? that the focus ring is 1px no matter what? if you see CORRECT results (nice ring like around the search box) can you screen shot that and tell me what version of Qt you're using?

                                      i still can not for the life of me get this ring to look good

                                      I'm currently proceeding to a major update of my developement system.
                                      I hope looking at your issue in a few days.

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                                        if i embed the views inside a QFrame, with 3px borders, then draw the focus on the QFrames, that looks good. i can tab between all 3 items and the borders look good (if the wrong color).

                                        but that leaves the wrong QObject with the focus. i need the tree/table views to have actual focus.

                                        soi try to do this:

                                        treeFrame->setFocusProxy(treeView);
                                        tableFrame->setFocusProxy(tableView);

                                        then the edit text and tree frame look good, but the table view is back to looking all wrong again (1 pixel border)

                                        good:
                                        Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 9.32.55 PM.png

                                        good:
                                        Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 9.33.00 PM.png

                                        bad:
                                        Screen Shot 2020-06-05 at 9.33.06 PM.png

                                        why 1 pixel? the code is correct.

                                        I've a new minimal project if some kind soul (who likes karaoke?) could take a look?
                                        http://kjams.com/downloads/qfocustest.zip

                                        thanks

                                        -dave

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                                        @davecotter
                                        Please take this lightheartedly, but she's spelt Eleanor Rigby :)
                                        Probably not the cause of your issue, but it does imply you are typing these in by hand!?

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                                          davecotter
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                                          does it seem strange that every API for "focus rings" and even one i hacked together, doesn't work?

                                          • setting a frame using styles DOES NOT WORK
                                          • using the explicit API QFocusFrame DOES NOT WORK
                                          • using the mac-only "Qt::WA_MacShowFocusRect" attribute DOES NOT WORK

                                          or: i have not been able to understand the doc well enough to cause any of them to work

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