Problem when I try to use components of a form created with Qt Designer in C++ with hover elements like enterEvent or leaveEvent.

[fd_ntsi]

Hi,

My problem is when I try to use components of a form created with Qt Designer in C++ with hover elements like enterEvent or leaveEvent.

The form automatically created in Qt Designer is called "MainWindow".
MainWindow has been instanciated for a multiple Inherance mode, so I do not use the "ui->".
This form contains some QWidgets like QPushButtons and QLabels.
One QPushButton is called "bouton".

I can get or modify properties of bouton, for example :
@bouton->setStyleSheet{"background-color: yellow"};@

But what I want is to change the background-color of bouton when bouton is hovered by the mouse.
(bouton is a .png image with transparency).

I should write something in my mainwindow.cpp like:
@void bouton::enterEvent(QEvent *event)
{
if(event->type() == QEvent::Enter) {
bouton->setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(240, 230, 140)");
}
}

void bouton::leaveEvent(QEvent *event)
{
if(event->type() == QEvent::Leave) {
bouton->setStyleSheet("background-color: transparent");
}
}@

But bouton is not an object qualified by a class. It does not work.
And I cannot create myself a class "bouton" because the compiler will consider a conflict with the mainwindow.ui

The syntax for capturing the mouse event seems to be correct because changing void bouton by void MainWindow works, but naturally for the whole window ...

So, I would appreciate any help !
Thanks in advance.

[Arnaut]

Hi,

you can install an "event filter":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/eventsandfilters.html#event-filters in your bouton object, but if all you want is a different background when the button is hovered then it can be easily done using the stylesheet "pseudo states":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/stylesheet-syntax.html#pseudo-states

I hope it helps,
H.

[fd_ntsi]

Hi Arnaut
Thanks.
Yes it helps : writing in MainWindow.cpp :

@ bouton->setStyleSheet(":hover {background-color: rgb(240, 230, 140)}");@

Works exactly as I want !

I was working on another way of solution, much more complicated, consisting in creating a class "Boutons", adding to it new properties, and then "promoting":http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/designer-using-custom-widgets.html bouton to the class Boutons.
But your solution is more efficient for what I want to do.
F.