QWidget findChildren shows non existing childs

[Buccaneer]

Hi!
I need to catch if child widget is open and I use findChildren from parent.
In first loop, after child widget is initialized in 1 time - I find it with findChildren, and it's ok.
But after closing child widget with close() - the findChildren still shows child object in generated list.
After open child widget in 2 time findChildren shows two copies of child objects.
How findChildren works?
Why findChildren didn't remove a non-existing child objects?

[mrjj]

Hi
That sounds odd.

You are 100% sure you clear the list between calls?

Also, close would not normally delete childs unless you are using
Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose.

It sounds like you create the child objects on the fly, when you show it.
So maybe you do create them a second time and that is why there are 2 of the same.

If you show them many times, you get many in the list or always just 2 ?

[Buccaneer]

@mrjj said:

You are 100% sure you clear the list between calls?
How can I clear list generated by findChildren?

[mrjj]

well if you do
QList<QWidget *> widgetslist = parentWidget.findChildren( ...)

then no need to clear it as it is created each time. (and deleted at the end of the function)

I asked just in case you had widgetslist as part of Parent Class.
then doing
widgetslist .clear();
widgetslist = parentWidget.findChildren( ...)
Might been a cure.

[alex_malyu]

@Buccaneer said:

But after closing child widget with close() - the findChildren still shows child object in generated list.
After open child widget in 2 time findChildren shows two copies of child objects.
How findChildren works?
Why findChildren didn't remove a non-existing child objects?

findChildren does not remove anything.
You assumed close() does, but it does not not delete widgets, it only hides them.
So children remain, they are just not visible.

[Buccaneer]

@mrjj said:

Also, close would not normally delete childs unless you are using
Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose.

@alex_malyu

findChildren does not remove anything.

Thanks to everyone. Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose - that's what I looking for.
I was not familiar with this attribute.
mrjj and alex_malyu you are really helped me.
Thanks