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  • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

    @JoeCFD said in Inserting a QAction into a QLayout:

    I would prefer to create a new widget for this action

    Then do this.

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    @Christian-Ehrlicher said in Inserting a QAction into a QLayout:

    @JoeCFD said in Inserting a QAction into a QLayout:

    I would prefer to create a new widget for this action

    Then do this.

    He's not the original poster :)
    I would like the widget to react to the QAction visible/disable state (event the tooltip text is shared accross widgets), juste like other QWidgets associated to that QAction.
    As @SGaist said a QAction can be present in several toolbars and menus.

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      So still don't understand the problem. Then add the action to e.g. a QPushButton or similar... and action can be associated to more than one widget: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qaction.html#associatedWidgets

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      • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

        So still don't understand the problem. Then add the action to e.g. a QPushButton or similar... and action can be associated to more than one widget: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qaction.html#associatedWidgets

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        @Christian-Ehrlicher said in Inserting a QAction into a QLayout:

        So still don't understand the problem. Then add the action to e.g. a QPushButton or similar... and action can be associated to more than one widget: https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qaction.html#associatedWidgets

        I'm not sure I understood how I can add my own QPushButton to the associatedWidgets

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          Via QWidget::addActionas described in the link. But it will not help much since a QPushButton does not react on QEvent::ActionChanged - only a QToolButton or QMenu and some others do. Therefore either derive from QPushButton and do it by your own or, as I already said in my first post: 'If you want to execute an action after e.g. a button was pressed then add a button and connect the appropriate signal to the action.'

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            As you said addAction() does not help with my request. It will note even trigger the associated action

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              Why use a QPushButton if you want to move a QToolButton around ?

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                @SGaist what are you suggesting? Is there a way I can easily insert a QAction in a layout as a QToolButton?
                If I need to create my own toolbutton, connect all the signals and icon/title changes myself, then it defeats the whole purpose of using a QAction

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                  Add a QToolButton to the layout and add the action with QWidget::addAction() as I already told you and the documentation tells you.

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                    I have added a QToolBar in my layout, and add the actions to the toolbar, it works and I think that is the right way to do this.

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                    • Christian EhrlicherC Christian Ehrlicher

                      Add a QToolButton to the layout and add the action with QWidget::addAction() as I already told you and the documentation tells you.

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                      @Christian-Ehrlicher said in Inserting a QAction into a QLayout:

                      Add a QToolButton to the layout and add the action with QWidget::addAction() as I already told you and the documentation tells you.

                      This doesn't work. It will add a dropdown icon suggesting the toolbutton has a menu and nothing else

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                        Then use signals/slots

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