QMdiSubWindow creation and activation

jcga

Hello,

I have written an QMdi application with the MainWindow generated by QtCreator. In the constructor of MainWindow, I create QMdiSubwindows via a specific function (UString is just a class derived from wstring, not important here)

QMdiSubWindow* MainWindow::createSubWindow(UString& name)
{
    m_subwndcnt++;
    if( name=="_AUTO_") name.format(L"Plot %d",m_subwndcnt);

    QSplitter* splitter=new QSplitter();
    QMdiSubWindow* subwin=m_centralArea->addSubWindow(splitter);
    subwin->setWindowTitle(name.toQString());

     subwin->show();

    return subwin;

}

I can also add sub windows via a Menu entry that calls a specific slot on MainWindow class from where I simply call the above function.

Now I observe a strange behavior: If I create a sub window -- say "Plot 1" -- (via the above function) inside the constructor of MainWindow, and the add via the menu entry another sub window -- say Plot 2 --, then I cannot change the widow which is activated, that is, I can click on either of the two sub windows, Plot 1 or Plot 2 and the activation mark (the dark frame of the subwindow) does not change. If i test by calling m_centralArea->activeWindow() it is always Plot 1 which is activated.
But if in the constructor of MainWindow I create two sub windows (Plot 1 and Plot 2), subwindow activation by clicking works perfectly, and if after that I create via the menu entry a thrid subwindow Plot 3 I can activate it by clicking on it, but m_centralArea->setActiveSubWindow(pointer to 'Plot 3') does not work! In fact, it seems that a subWindow created outside the constructor of MainWindow cannot be activated programmatically.

Someone has a hint for what is happening ?

KeithS

@jcga

What's m_centralArea? Is it your QMdiArea?

What's splitter? Is it a QMdiSubWindow* created via new?

jcga

QMdiArea* m_centralArea is a property of MainWindow, created as

m_centralArea=new QMdiArea(this);

splitter is an object of Qt class QSplitter, which is derived from QFrame.
QSplitter* splitter=new QSplitter(this);

It is perhaps a problem that it is not derived from QMidSubWindow?

jcga

Finally it seems that simply calling

subwin->hide()
subwin->show()

after having created and displayed the sub window once activates it.

SGaist

Hi,

What about just calling setFocus on it ?

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