How to catch Ctrl+C on a widget?

[milot.shala]

Have you tried overriding keyPressEvent, the code below works for me on a QMainWindow:

@void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e) {
if(e->type() == QKeyEvent::KeyPress) {
if(e->matches(QKeySequence::Copy)) {
setWindowTitle("aa"); // when Ctrl+C is pressed window title changes to aa (for demo purposes)
} else {
setWindowTitle("bb"); // when other keys are pressed, window title changes to bb (for demo purposes)
}
}
}@

[ixSci]

you can try QList<QKeySequence> QKeySequence::keyBindings ( StandardKey key ) function to retrieve key bindings appropriate to your platform. Maybe your platform has only (ctrl+ins) binding.

[kibsoft]

I have tried keyBindings function and it returns Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Ins. Milot Shala, I did it, but the result was the same as with eventFilter :(

P.S. In headerview Ctrl+C works, but Ctrl+Ins doesn't works. I don't understand what is it..

[milot.shala]

[quote author="kibsoft" date="1281701124"]I have tried keyBindings function and it returns Ctrl+C and Ctrl+Ins. Milot Shala, I did it, but the result was the same as with eventFilter :(

P.S. In headerview Ctrl+C works, but Ctrl+Ins doesn't works. I don't understand what is it..[/quote]

Where are you overriding the keyPressEvent virtual method?

I modified mine when I press Ctrl+C to set the Window title to currently selected tree view node such as in picture below (I am using QFileSystemModel):

!http://web7.twitpic.com/img/144954784-8f19fe179f40f269283c021d8028ac42.4c6541d0-full.png(window)!

and the code is almost the same:

@void MainWindow::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *e) {
if(e->type() == QKeyEvent::KeyPress) {
if(e->matches(QKeySequence::Copy)) {
QString a = ui->treeView->currentIndex().model()->data(ui->treeView->currentIndex()).toString();
setWindowTitle(a);
e->accept();
}
}
QMainWindow::keyPressEvent(e);
}@

[kibsoft]

I have just tried to create new app and it works correct there. So this bug somewhere in the current project. I'll look. Thank you Milot :)

[milot.shala]

You are welcome kibsoft :)

[kibsoft]

KeyEvent's modifiers() returns Qt::ControlModifier and key() returns Qt::Key_Control when I push Ctrl+C..It is so strange..

[dcortesi]

bq. KeyEvent’s modifiers() returns Qt::ControlModifier and key() returns Qt::Key_Control when I push Ctrl+C..It is so strange..

Just in case anyone finds this old post in a search (as I did), probably what confused kibsoft was that a keyPressEvent handler gets multiple events for a multi-key input. When the user hits control-x, the handler sees the above code meaning "control was pressed". Then immediately after comes another event with ControlModifier set and a key value of x.

If the input is ctl-alt-x, then you would see three events as the user mashes the keys. This is why to test the event with matches() and ignore all that don't match.

[paulrichards321]

I stumbled on this topic doing a google search about how to catch Ctrl-c on a gui app (for instance a gui program simulating a Ctrl-c interrupt like a terminal emulater), and after doing some research came up with this for Qt5 which is a bit different because Ctrl-c on a Mac is not equal to: event->matches(QKeySequence::Copy).

If you are simulating a standard "Copy" content key (like word processor/text editor cut/copy/paste) combo then do indeed use event->matches(QKeySequence::Copy) but if you are trying to detect an actual Ctrl-c (like Ctrl-c terminal program interrupt) and you want something portable between Mac OS and something else (tested on both Mac OS High Sierra and Linux/Ubuntu 18.04):

// Respond to Ctrl-c:
void SomeWidget::keyPressEvent(QKeyEvent *event)
{
    // the MetaModifier is actually the control button on Mac OS X (at least on recent Mac OSes. Tested on High Sierra)
    #ifdef Q_OS_MAC  
    // if compiling on Mac OS...
    if (event->key()==Qt::Key_C && (QGuiApplication::keyboardModifiers() & Qt::MetaModifier))
    #else 
    // If compiling on Linux (tested on Ubuntu 18.04), Windows, everything else...
    if (event->key()==Qt::Key_C && (QGuiApplication::keyboardModifiers() & Qt::ControlModifier))
    #endif
    {
        // Ctrl-c hit, do something here to process the key combo
    }
}

[hooooo]

I have a QGraphicsView that I bind on a copied GraphicsItem using ctrl_c. When I try to use ctrl_c in QTreeWidget, it seems that it cannot be used because it is occupied. Does anyone know how to make the ctrl_c of QTreeWidget take effect?

[icy_moez]

Maybe it's because the toolbar of the software has shortcuts like ‘ctrl+c,ctrl+e’ or something like that, where you need to press ctrl+c first and then press other keys to make it work.