MouseArea.hoverEnabled not working?

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Hi,

I am new to QML and am just starting to go through the tutorials. I am experienced in Qt so I know hove the mouse hover attribute affects mouse events so I am wondering why this code sample below doesn't change the rectangle color without pressing/holding down a mouse button?

Either I'm really blind and not seeing the issue or it is hoverEnabled that is not working. I am using Nokia SDK 1.0.2 (with its Qt 4.7.0).

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import Qt 4.7

Rectangle {
width: 300
height: 100
id:simplebutton
border.width: 5

property color onHoverColor: "yellow"
property color defaultColor: "blue"

MouseArea {
id: buttonMouseArea
anchors.fill: parent
hoverEnabled: true
onEntered: parent.border.color = onHoverColor
onExited: parent.border.color = defaultColor
}
}
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Thanks for any help.

mbrasser

Hi,

The above code should be working -- it all looks correct (and is working fine for me on OS X, using HEAD). I'm not sure if this is a bug that has already been fixed, or a platform specific issue -- what platform are you using?

Regards,
Michael

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Do you run this code in Nokia Simulator? hoverEnabled thingy works perfectly for me in qmlviewer.

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The example is running with QDeclarativeView in the Symbian simulator under Linux (Ubuntu 10.10). I think that strekazoid is on the right track with his comment. The simulator is probably simulating a phone touchscreen which doesn't know your "mouse" (i.e. finger) position until the screen is actually touched. Consequentially, hovering cannot exist on those devices.