[SOLVED] Help with keypress event

holygirl

Hi all!

I am trying to have a keypress event in my mainwindow. But on running the application, no event occurs when I press the specific key. Can you please have a look at my code down below and guide me if I'm wrong?
Thanks.

mainwindow.h

@
#include <QKeyEvent>

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow: public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();

protected:
void keypress(QKeyEvent *e);

};
#endif
@

my mainwindow.cpp

@
#include "MainWindow.h"
#include "ui_MainWindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}

void MainWindow::keypress(QKeyEvent *keyevent)
{
if (keyevent->key() == Qt::Key_Escape)
this->close();
}

ProgramBanner::~ProgramBanner()
{
delete ui;
}
@

Code_ReaQtor

Pls check this "thread":http://qt-project.org/forums/viewthread/1243

Sam

You just need to change

line 17: of mainwindow.h to

@void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event);@

and same for your .cpp file

check "keyPressEvent":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtwidgets/qwidget.html#keyPressEvent

Code_ReaQtor

[quote author="Sam" date="1358924236"]You just need to change

line 17: of mainwindow.h to

@void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event);@

and same for your .cpp file

check "keyPressEvent":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5.0/qtwidgets/qwidget.html#keyPressEvent[/quote]

I think it doesn't matter what you use. *keyevent or *event is still the same.

EDIT: sorry Sam, i rechecked and found out that it wasn't the right function that was used.

holygirl

I did read that link before I posted here. I wasn't able to relate it to my question. I feel I have the right code but I'm missing something. I don't know what that is.

holygirl

And Sam, I'll try what you suggested and get back to you. Thanks!

holygirl

I tried using *event in both my .cpp and .h file. But nothing is happening. Is it something to do with setFocusPolicy?
I tried reading "this":http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/45159-keyPressEvent-not-being-called but I still couldn't get my program to work.
Please help!

Sam

I tried a sample code the same that you have :

@#include <QMainWindow>
#include <QKeyEvent>

namespace Ui {
class MainWindow;
}

class MainWindow : public QMainWindow
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
explicit MainWindow(QWidget *parent = 0);
~MainWindow();

private:
Ui::MainWindow *ui;

protected:
void keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event);
};@

.cpp

@MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}

void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
{

if (event->key() == Qt::Key_Escape)
    this->close();

}@

works as expected as there is nothing inside the mainwindow, other option can be to use eventFilter and there also you can check for keypressevent.

something like

@MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
installEventFilter(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}

bool MainWindow::eventFilter(QObject *target, QEvent *event)
{
if (event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
{
QKeyEvent keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent>(event);

    if (keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Escape)
    {
        this->close();
        return QMainWindow::eventFilter(target,event);
    }
}
return QMainWindow::eventFilter(target,event);

}@

holygirl

Finally! It worked. I tried using installEventFilter earlier but I was clear on how to use it so I went back to the regular keypress event which didn't work.

Thank you so much for your time and help.

If it's not too much trouble, could you please explain why eventfilter worked but not my earlier code? I'm new to Qt and the documentation doesn't always help me understand things.

Thanks again!

Sam

[quote author="holygirl" date="1358929707"]I tried using *event in both my .cpp and .h file. But nothing is happening. Is it something to do with setFocusPolicy?
I tried reading "this":http://www.qtcentre.org/threads/45159-keyPressEvent-not-being-called but I still couldn't get my program to work.
Please help![/quote]

I was not talking about changing *e to *event , Its about changing keypress to keyPressEvent.

holygirl

Oh! I'm so sorry. I don't know how I missed seeing that. Thank you so much for correcting me. And many more thanks for all your help :)