How to Create QGraphicsItem(Lines, Rectangles, etc.) in QGraphicsScence by mouse?

darrenleeleelee1

I want to create those thing in QGraphicsSence .(Something like this)

I don't want to use QPainter to do that because I need them to be clickable, movable.(I already know how to make QGraphicsItem to be movable).
But I don't know how to do with QGraphicsItem to be created by mouse.

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1
If you want to create those "freehand" letter drawings as a GraphicsItem you would have to add it as a QGraphicsPathItem composed from a multi-item QPainterPath. Unless you are prepared to do it as a QGraphicsPixmapItem, and lose the ability to manipulate the points.

It probably doesn't matter which of QGraphicsScence or QGraphicsView to catch the mouse event, so long as it works. I did refer you to the DiagramScene example which seems to use the scene's mouse event.

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1 said in How to Create QGraphicsItem(Lines, Rectangles, etc.) in QGraphicsSence by mouse?:

But I don't know how to do with QGraphicsItem to be created by mouse.

In some shape or form, you respond to mouse events by creating QGraphicsItem/Objects and adding then to the scene.

However, if you want the user to be able to produce fixed shapes like you show, it seems to me you are going to want a "toolbar" where he can pick the desired shape. Unless you really mean freehand drawing, but then they won't be regular shapes. Maybe Diagram Scene Example is useful for the approach.

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB Yes, I will use button to do the tool bar.
But I not sure how to implemet.
Sorry I not sure what is your In some shape or form, you respond to mouse events by creating QGraphicsItem/Objects and adding then to the scene.mean. You mean I can create QGraphicsItem by mouse?

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1
Yes. It's not that Qt does that for you, it's that you write the code. You know how to act on a mouse down or click or whatever. You know how to create a new QGraphicsItem and add it to the scene. So, for example, when the mouse is downed or clicked you could get its position, create a graphics item, and set its position to the mouse coordinates.

In that example I referred you to, for instance, there is:

The mousePressEvent() function handles mouse press event's different depending on which mode the DiagramScene is in. We examine its implementation for each mode:

  void DiagramScene::mousePressEvent(QGraphicsSceneMouseEvent *mouseEvent)
  {
      if (mouseEvent->button() != Qt::LeftButton)
          return;

      DiagramItem *item;
      switch (myMode) {
          case InsertItem:
              item = new DiagramItem(myItemType, myItemMenu);
              item->setBrush(myItemColor);
              addItem(item);
              item->setPos(mouseEvent->scenePos());
              emit itemInserted(item);
              break;

We simply create a new DiagramItem and add it to the scene at the position the mouse was pressed. Note that the origin of its local coordinate system will be under the mouse pointer position.

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB thanks, I will try it.
I also wondering could I create somthing like this.(pen)

I know how to do in QPainter, But I want create as QGraphicsItem.

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB And I also wondering I should override mousePressedEvent in QGraphicsScence or QGraphicsView, both of them have mousePressedEvent but I don't know which to override.

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1
If you want to create those "freehand" letter drawings as a GraphicsItem you would have to add it as a QGraphicsPathItem composed from a multi-item QPainterPath. Unless you are prepared to do it as a QGraphicsPixmapItem, and lose the ability to manipulate the points.

It probably doesn't matter which of QGraphicsScence or QGraphicsView to catch the mouse event, so long as it works. I did refer you to the DiagramScene example which seems to use the scene's mouse event.

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB Sorry, maybe I was misled you, I want a pen that I can draw anything I want, kind of doodle?Just one stroke when the mouse released the stroke become an object.

kind of this.

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1
You might get some clues from https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtwidgets-widgets-scribble-example.html in combination with https://forum.qt.io/topic/94586/draw-line-on-mouse-click & https://forum.qt.io/topic/94622/need-help-with-qgraphicsitem-painter .

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB ok, sorry I still have some question.

How can I do like I pressed mouse and hold, to draw a line until I released mouse, the line will become an object.

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1
I don't know what to say, it's just code you need to write. Note where the mouse goes down, note where the mouse is released and at that stage create a QGraphicsLineItem or whatever between those two points.

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB But if I create the QGraphicsLineItem at mousedReleasd, when I holding the mouse pressed, I can't see the line.

jsulm

@darrenleeleelee1 said in How to Create QGraphicsItem(Lines, Rectangles, etc.) in QGraphicsScence by mouse?:

But if I create the QGraphicsLineItem at mousedReleasd, when I holding the mouse pressed

How can you get mouse released event if you hold mouse button pressed? Can you please explain better?

darrenleeleelee1

@jsulm I want to override mouseMoveEvent to get my mouse position when my mouse is holding.

darrenleeleelee1

@jsulm I am thinking if I can change the existing QGraphicsLineItem to keep update to where my mouse position, and the start position is the moused click position.But I don't know how to adjust existing QGraphicsLineItem.

JonB

@darrenleeleelee1 said in How to Create QGraphicsItem(Lines, Rectangles, etc.) in QGraphicsScence by mouse?:

But I don't know how to adjust existing QGraphicsLineItem.

Again, I don't know what to say. You have QGraphicsLineItem::setLine(). I don't see the problems you see.

darrenleeleelee1

@JonB You are right, sorry I am thinking too complicated