MouseArea.hoverEnabled not working?

joejoejoejoe

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
}
}
@

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

strekazoid

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

joejoejoejoe

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.