How to create a custom context menu which opens up when i right click in my QListWidget box named "syslist".

[Mr-Workalot]

i am new to this and have read the documentation provided by QT for context menu
i have this in my mainwindow.cpp

void MainWindow::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event)
{
    QMenu menu(this);
    menu.addAction("cut Act");
    menu.addAction("copy Act");
    menu.addAction("paste Act");
    menu.exec(event->globalPos());
}```

and this in my mainwindow.h

protected:
#ifndef QT_NO_CONTEXTMENU
    void contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event) override;
#endif // QT_NO_CONTEXTMENU



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but this opens the context menu when i right click anywhere in the window ??

[SGaist]

Hi,

If you only want that menu for your QListWidget, then subclass that class rather than your MainWindow class.

[Mr-Workalot]

@SGaist

Thanks for the reply, you mean

void QListWidget ::contextMenuEvent(QContextMenuEvent *event) ??

right ?/

sorry , im new to this

[SGaist]

Yes, but in a subclass.

You currently have MainWindow which is likely a subclass of QMainWindow. Apply the same concept to QListWidget.