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    hey i am writing a custom widget which is like the menubar and need it to be as accesiible as the native menubar is . how do i take input from ui. is there any example available to make a custom widget from qmenubar

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      please someone help me on this

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        Hi,

        What do you want to achieve ? Isn't deriving from QMenuBar a solution ?

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        Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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          yes i am working with that only but i want it to work like the same way in qtdesigner yoo as it normally does

          like just typing the name and a menu being formed .

          i was thinking of just overriding the method addMenu(Qstring)
          but the problem is how do i relect all this to the ui especially yhe drop down menus will and i want to also add functions other than add separator to the ui interface. i am new to all this so can you please help

          thank you

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            Do you want to do that from a running application ?

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            Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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              no in the designer only like the windows menubar works . the type here function and the add separator function ,plus i want the user to be able to add some more of my custom items , at the ui design stage

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                What custom items are you thinking of ? A menu bar should only contain menu entries else you start breaking user interface guidelines or maybe aiming at the wrong widget

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                Please read the Qt Code of Conduct - https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct

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                  no actually i was wanting to add menu items only but in not the standard pattern but like the megamenu that we see on webpages . i have been able to build a megamanu from code but i have to use it in many applicatioon so i want to transform it into a pludin in designer so that the usage becomes simpler

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                    i think the first step will be to replace the default menu by my menu automatically . can you suggest on how to do this . i think this will be neccessary as mainwindow only supports one menubar

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