[SOLVED] How do i make a QToolButton to work similiar to Bold button in text editors?

b1gsnak3

How can I make a QToolButton work in a similar fashion to the Bold button in text editing software? I have tried using the setCheckable(true) way, but it worked only for the first press. Afterwards it didn't work anymore.

Thank you in advance.

_rmn

what version of Qt and OS do you use?

b1gsnak3

Qt 4.8.4 Windows 7

koahnig

@b1snak3
your thread title is useless. Please change to have something triggering an understanding without opening it.

_rmn

Please, give more details about your problem. May be post some related code

b1gsnak3

@ callButton = new QToolButton;
callButton->addAction(callAct);
mainToolBar->addWidget(callButton);
callButton->setStyleSheet("QToolButton::menu-indicator{image:none;}");
callButton->setIcon(QIcon(voiceCallPix));
callButton->setCheckable(true);
// Connect
connect(callButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(callUser()));

// the callUser slot
void PMsgWindow::callUser() {

callButton->setChecked(true);
    callAct->setToolTip("End call");

// the 2nd connect for the deactivation of the press
// this is in the callUser slot
connect(callButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(endCall()));

// the endcall slot
void PMsgWindow::endCall() {
callButton->setChecked(false);
callFrame->hide();
chatEdit->setMinimumHeight(400);
}@

this code works only for the 1st click. then it doesn't react in the same way.

_rmn

do you make @disconnect(callButton, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(callUser()));@

at callUser() slot?

Also instead of using 2 slots for clicked() signal, you can make one slot e.g.
@void call(bool checked);@

and connect clicked(bool) signal to it.

_rmn

also with
@
callButton->setCheckable(true);
@

you should not manually call setChecked(bool) method.

b1gsnak3

that works, thank you. tried the clicked(bool) earlier but didn't make it to work. the disconnect approach works.