Log/Journal user actions/clicks

NameRakes

Hi, Does Qt have the infrastructure to log or journal user actions? If so, how do I activate it? Other than users sending me the log/journal file for debugging purposes, can this be used to "replay" in the future and avoid clicking subsequently?

Thanks.

Pl45m4

@NameRakes

You mean something like automation?

There is the QTest module (https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtest.html) which can be used to "test" different user behavior by simulating e.g. input events, but this is more for real "testing" than using it in a "live" application.

AFAIK Qt doesn't log clicks or keyputs somewhere unless you implement it yourself. There are notifications (signals, QEvents) when something happens, but there is no log with all actions, that happened between app start and any given time.

You could install an event filter to watch a specific QObject or your QApplication

mrjj

Hi
Qt does have such a recording system out of the box, but you can roll your own with
https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qsignalspy.html

Pl45m4

@mrjj

This is also part of testlib module. IDK if it's meant to be used in release builds ;-)

Maybe @NameRakes can explain more precisely what he/she wants to log (MouseEvents?, KeyEvents?, actions performed on widgets?)

SGaist

Hi,

QSignalSpy as well as all stuff from the QtTest module are to be used only in tests. IIRC, there's even a warning in the documentation about that.

As for the original question, you should take a look at KDE's KUserFeedback framework. It might provide what you need.

NameRakes

Thanks everyone for your replies.

@Pl45m4 @mrjj
What I have in mind is: any event (mouse, key, actions on widgets) that changes the state of the user's data should be captured. Let me give a trivial example (one or more actions implied in each step):

the user reads x-y data from a file
the user manipulates/changes and saves the data based on some provided functionality

Out of the box, can Qt capture this sequence of actions? As I say in the OP, the intent is to use this log/journal file to debug instead of asking the user to describe the sequence of actions, and also let the user can replay without having to take the actions again.

Thanks again.