Clickable URL in About message box

[sjaacko]

Hi folks,
In my application I have an About box. The code looks a bit like this.

@
QMessageBox::about(this, tr("About MyApp"),
tr("Visit my www.website.com"));
@

I'd like the link to my website to be clickable so people can visit it.
Is that possible? If I just put the <a > tag around it it is just a link but not clickable.

Or: would be possible to create a menu item that says: "Visit webite" and when clicked the default browser is started and the website URL specified is loaded?

Thanks!

Sjaacko

[EDIT: code formatting, please wrap in @-tags, Volker]

[leon.anavi]

Hi,

Yes it is possible. There are different ways to implement it as a GUI. You can create a custom widget with QPushButton or QMessageBox with a OK button or something else.

No matter which way you choose you can start the default web browser and load the url using QDesktopServices and QUrl. Check "this simple code snippet":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/wiki/How_to_Launch_Web_Browser for more info.

Cheers,
Leon

[sjaacko]

Thank you for this quick answer. I implemented in my application and it works just fine! Exactly the way I want it :-) Thanks so much!

[leon.anavi]

Great :) I am glad that the provided link has helped you to solve the issue.