Change mouse icon on Macwhen performing a Drag Drop

[jpalbertini]

Hi
I try to reproduce the behavior of the OSX finder: by default it moves files/directories but press ALT while doing it and it will duplicate, showing a white "+" near the mouse cursor...
My problem is, i can't reproduce this... I always got the plus sign.
I tried using the "setCursor" method with something like that in the dragMoveEvent:

if (event->keyboardModifiers() == modifier)
		setCursor(Qt::DragCopyCursor);
	else
		setCursor(Qt::DragMoveCursor);

It does not work, and worst, it does not change when I use the standard Qt::ArrowCursor...

I then tried changing the drop action. The only way to remove that "+" icon it to set the action to IgnoreAction, which well, does do anything on drop...

Anymore tried to do something like that ?

[ValentinMichelet]

Hi,

Maybe you can use

QApplication::setOverrideCursor(Qt::DragCopyCursor);

If you do so, when drag/drop event is done, DON'T USE IT WITH Qt::ArrowCursor. Instead, use the restore method:

QApplication::restoreOverrideCursor();

[jpalbertini]

Thanks for your reply :)

Just tried that, doesn't work... Seems there is a thing with D&D icon management...

BTW i use Qt 5.4.1 if it helps, i searched bug known bugs but nothing of this sort

[SGaist]

Hi,

Are you creating the QDrag object yourself ?

[jpalbertini]

@SGaist :
Yes I do. I did not tried setting a pixmap to it though, i would prefer, if possible, the system icon instead of a custom one...

[ValentinMichelet]

@jpalbertini
Could you show us your code please? Or better, provide a minimal code to reproduce this behavior.

[raven-worx]

@jpalbertini said:

I try to reproduce the behavior of the OSX finder: by default it moves files/directories but press ALT while doing it and it will duplicate, showing a white "+" near the mouse cursor...

The possible drop actions are defined when creating/starting the QDrag. So may it be that you only set a single drop action there?
These drop actions can then be chosen by the user by pressing the modifier keys on the keyboard during the drag.
Additionally the target widget also can force a specific drop target to be set once you drag over it.

[jpalbertini]

@ValentinMichelet
the drag is done this way

QDrag * drag = new QDrag(parentWidget());
drag->start(Qt::CopyAction | Qt::MoveAction);

Then the drop is here in the dragMoveEvent

if (event->keyboardModifiers() == modifier)
	event->setDropAction(Qt::MoveAction);
else
	event->setDropAction(Qt::IgnoreAction);

Nothing else is tempering with the event...

[SGaist]

Can you share the complete implementation ?

[jpalbertini]

@SGaist
not all but here is most of it:

Here ifs the code where we start the D&D operation:

void QButtonSceneEditor::mouseMoveEvent(QMouseEvent* event)
{
	m_bIsMousePressProcessed = false;
	if(isChecked())
	{
		if(!visibleRegion().contains(event->localPos().toPoint()) &&
			event->buttons().testFlag(Qt::LeftButton))
		{
			dragDropManager()->addSceneButton(this);

			QMimeData * mimeData = new QMimeData();
			mimeData->setData(DVC_SCENE_MIME_DATA, 0);
			QDrag * drag = new QDrag(parentWidget());
			drag->setMimeData(mimeData);
			drag->start(Qt::CopyAction | Qt::MoveAction);
		}
	}
}

It's an custom button we want to move internally into its parent

void QSceneGroupEditor::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent * event)
{
	if (!event->mimeData()->hasFormat(DVC_SCENE_MIME_DATA))
	{
		event->ignore();
		return;
	}

	QButtonScene* pScene = sceneAt(event->pos().x(), event->pos().y());
	if (pScene)
	{
		bool bInTop = event->pos().y() <= pScene->geometry().center().y();
		int iHover = m_lSceneButtons.indexOf(pScene);
		for (int iDragged(0); iDragged < dragDropManager()->sceneButtonCount(); iDragged++)
		{
			QButtonScene* pButton = dragDropManager()->sceneButtonAt(iDragged);
			if (pButton)
			{
				int iButton = m_lSceneButtons.indexOf(pButton);
				if (m_lSceneButtons.contains(pButton))
				{
					if (iHover == iButton || (bInTop && iHover == iButton + 1) || (!bInTop && iHover == iButton - 1))
					{
						m_pLblSeparator->hide();
						return;
					}

					m_pLblSeparator->show();
					if (bInTop)
						m_pLblSeparator->move(pScene->pos().x() - 8, pScene->pos().y() - 8);
					else
						m_pLblSeparator->move(pScene->pos().x() - 8, pScene->pos().y() + pScene->geometry().height() - 3);
				}
				else
				{
					m_pLblSeparator->show();
					if (bInTop)
						m_pLblSeparator->move(pScene->pos().x() - 8, pScene->pos().y() - 8);
					else
						m_pLblSeparator->move(pScene->pos().x() - 8, pScene->pos().y() + pScene->geometry().height() - 3);
				}
			}
		}
	}
	else
		m_pLblSeparator->hide();

	Qt::KeyboardModifiers modifier = Qt::AltModifier;
#if defined (Q_OS_MACX)
	if (event->keyboardModifiers() == modifier)
		event->setDropAction(Qt::MoveAction);
	else
		//event->setDropAction(Qt::IgnoreAction); // Works but, nothing happends...
		event->setDropAction(Qt::CopyAction);
#endif
	m_pButAdd->setVisible(event->keyboardModifiers() == modifier);
	event->accept();
}

Unless there is something I did not understand about the D&D and/or the mouse icon management, i can't change the mouse icon unless using the Qt::IgnoreAction...

[jpalbertini]

Hum, nobody ?
Maybe I should report a bug...

[SGaist]

Are you calling acceptProposedAction where appropriate ?

[ddze]

I believe that is OS specific.

[joorge87]

Hi,

I have the same problem, did you find a way to solve it?