Using an existing QAction object in a menu with Qt Creator

[DerekDomino]

Hello,

I would like to use an existing QAction that I have instantiated and manipulating it (e.g.: settings some of its properties) in some part of my application and then insert it in a menu bar created through the wysiwyg tools of Qt Creator.

Let's say the QAction is named myAction
@
//Create
QAction *myAction = new QAction(tr(&Act and Play));

//Configure
myAction->setObjectName("ActAndPlay");
myAction->setCheckable(true);
...
@

I've tried to add it to a menu created with the wysiwyg menu editor of Qt Creator,
@
ui->menuFromQtCreator->addAction(myAction);
@
but it the action is appended at the end of the menu, no way to specify its position in the menu.

Do you know if there is a way to handle this? May be through the metaproperties?

Thanks

[mlong]

If you know the QAction that you want to insert your action before, then you can use "insertAction(),":/doc/qt-4.8/qwidget.html#insertAction which QMenu inherits.