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  • W Offline
    W Offline
    wost
    wrote on last edited by
    #1

    Doing some work with Qt now, but I'm stuck trying to figure out how to apply a screen to a QML Window element.

    I'm doing this in the QML file

    screen: app.getMonitor(this.screen);
    

    and this corresponding function in CPP:

    QScreen *getMonitor(QScreen* screen)
    {
    	QList<QScreen*> screens = screen->virtualSiblings();
    	for(auto screen : screens) {
    		qDebug() << "hi";
    		qDebug() << screen->name();
    	}
    	return screens[1];
    }
    

    (The foreach loop is just for debugging purposes).
    This doesn't work though. The program keeps saying:

    Error: Unknown method return type: QScreen*
    

    Have I misunderstood something. What else can I try?

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    • VRoninV Offline
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      VRonin
      wrote on last edited by VRonin
      #2

      #include <QScreen>

      P.S.
      Range base for loops with non-const Qt containes are not totally efficient, there is the chance you make them detach.

      "La mort n'est rien, mais vivre vaincu et sans gloire, c'est mourir tous les jours"
      ~Napoleon Bonaparte

      On a crusade to banish setIndexWidget() from the holy land of Qt

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      • W Offline
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        wost
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        I have done that in the CPP file, but the problems seems to originate from the QML file.

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        • W Offline
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          wost
          wrote on last edited by
          #4

          I figured it out!

          I used a function that set the screen for the window with a void function!

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