Problem with QTextEdit copy function after assigning it a QAction

[lansing]

I have a QTextEdit and a QPlainTextEdit in the same widget. They cope with each others well with the "copy-to-clipboard" function. When I make a text selection and pressed Ctrl+C, the corresponded TextEdit would do the copying.

But then I'm having trouble trying to add a button for the command. I created a QAction * m_pActionCopy and connect it to a slot

// m_textEditor created from QPlainTextEdit
// m_lineText created from QTextEdit

void MainWindow::slotCopy()
{  
    m_textEditor->copy();
}

Now the QPlainTextEdit is taking control of the copy function. When I highlight text and copy from the QTextEdit, the program was still listening to the QPlainTextEdit widget. How do I fix this?

[SGaist]

Hi,

What type of button ?
How are you creating your action ?

[lansing]

@SGaist

The button is a push button. I also added the action into a menu.

QAction * m_pActionCopy  = new QAction(icon, "Copy", this);
m_pActionCopy->setShortcuts(QKeySequence::Copy);
m_pActionCopy->setCheckable(false);

connect(m_pActionCopy, SIGNAL(triggered()), this, SIGNAL(slotCopy()));

pEditMenu->addAction(m_pActionCopy);

[JonB]

@lansing
I'm afraid I do not understand what you are saying at all. But your slot has m_textEditor->copy();, so it will always copy from your QPlainTextEdit. If you want something to copy from QTextEdit, you will need a a slot containing m_lineText->copy();.

[mpergand]

@JonB said in Problem with QTextEdit copy function after assigning it a QAction:

If you want something to copy from QTextEdit, you will need a a slot containing m_lineText->copy();.

ah, now I maybe understand what @lansing want to do.

void MainWindow::slotCopy()
{  
  if( focusWidget() == m_textEditor) m_textEditor->copy();
  else if( focusWidget() == m_lineEdit) m_lineEdit->copy();
}

[lansing]

@mpergand

Yes, that's what I want. Thanks. I tested it and it works.