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Items after dropping from widget to widget missing

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    Huy Manh
    wrote on 11 May 2019, 11:38 last edited by Huy Manh 5 Nov 2019, 12:11
    #1

    After dragging and dropping an item from a list widget to a list widget, the item disappears in the target list widget.

    I used eventFilter for only the list widgets in MainWindow.

    bool MainWindow::eventFilter(QObject *target,QEvent *event){
        if (event->type() == QEvent::DragEnter)
           {
              QDragEnterEvent *tDragEnterEvent = static_cast<QDragEnterEvent *>(event);
              tDragEnterEvent->acceptProposedAction();
    
              return true;
           }
           else if (event->type() == QEvent::DragMove)
           {
              QDragMoveEvent *tDragMoveEvent = static_cast<QDragMoveEvent *>(event);
              tDragMoveEvent->acceptProposedAction();
    
              return true;
           }
            else if (event->type() == QEvent::Drop)
           {
              QDropEvent *tDropEvent = static_cast<QDropEvent *>(event);
              tDropEvent->acceptProposedAction();
    
              qDebug() << "OK, execute your task!";
    
              return true;
           }
           else
           {
               // standard event processing
               return QObject::eventFilter(target, event);
           }
    
    
        //return false;
    }
    //in MainWindow constructor
    ui->listWidget->installEventFilter(this);
    

    qDebug showed the debug string after dropping but the item went missing.

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      Christian Ehrlicher
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      wrote on 11 May 2019, 12:02 last edited by
      #2

      You filter out the drop events and the wonder why the widget which should receive them don't receive them? Mhh.

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        Huy Manh
        wrote on 11 May 2019, 12:09 last edited by
        #3

        Sorry but I don't know your meaning, I've been using Qt for about 3 months and this is the first time I handle events, so I hope you can help me with this minor problem, thank you.

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          Christian Ehrlicher
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          wrote on 11 May 2019, 12:19 last edited by
          #4

          See documentation for QObject::eventFilter(): "... if you want to filter the event out, i.e. stop it being handled further, return true; ..." which is exactly what you're doing.

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            Huy Manh
            wrote on 11 May 2019, 12:27 last edited by Huy Manh 5 Nov 2019, 12:28
            #5

            Oh, I get it. Can you suggest for me a solution? That is, if I drop an item into the list widget, I have a variable "count" plus 1 and if I drag an item out, "count" minus 1. I thought at first that eventFilter will help me.

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              Christian Ehrlicher
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              wrote on 11 May 2019, 12:58 last edited by
              #6

              Drag'n'Drop from a QListWidget to another QListWidget should work out-of-the-box if dragEnabled/acceptDrops is active - see documentation

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