setting text to disabled widget action enables the widget

user4592357

i have a disabled widget action
the widget is a tool button
when i set text to button's action, the button and action become enabled
why is this?

class WidgetAction : public QWidgetAction
{
public:
	explicit WidgetAction(QObject* parent = nullptr);
	QToolButton *getButton() const;
protected:
	QWidget* createWidget(QWidget* parent) override;
};

WidgetAction::WidgetAction(QObject* parent /* = nullptr */)
	: QWidgetAction(parent)
{
}

QToolButton *WidgetAction::getButton() const
{
	auto lstWidgets = createdWidgets();
	return !lstWidgets.isEmpty() ? static_cast<QToolButton *>(lstWidgets.at(0)) : nullptr;
}

QWidget* WidgetAction::createWidget(QWidget* parent)
{
	auto pAction = new QAction(parent);
	connect(pAction, &QAction::triggered, [=]() { ... });

	auto pButton = new QToolButton(parent);
	pButton->setDefaultAction(pAction);
	pButton->setAutoRaise(true);
	pButton->setEnabled(someCondition);
	return pButton;
}

// USAGE

m_pWidget = new WidgetAction(this);
insertAction(pFirstAction, m_pWidget);
m_pWidget->setEnabled(false);

later, when i set the text (actually i need to set the tooltip only, but the issue still remains for tooltip too):

auto pButton = m_pWidget->getButton();
if (auto pAction = pButton ? pButton->defaultAction() : nullptr)
{
    pAction->setText(...);
}

after this the disabled button becomes enabled.
p.s. the widget action is added to toolbar.

SGaist

Hi,

From the looks of it, each time you call getButton, you in fact create a new button.