[SOLVED] shortcut to mainwindow methods

kalster

question 1:
this->isMinimized(); is not minimizing the window.

question 2:
I would like to use a shortcut for the mainwindow method calling but i don't know how to do that.
@MainWindow *w = new MainWindow();@
or
@Mainwindow w@
in the mainwindow.cpp file, when i run the above 2 code, the exe is not created but i do not get an error. is there a shortcut to call MainWindow.Show(); I would like to use w.show{}; instead.

Mainwindow.cpp
@#include "mainwindow.h"
#include "ui_mainwindow.h"

MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
QMainWindow(parent),
ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
ui->setupUi(this);
}

MainWindow::~MainWindow()
{
delete ui;
}@

giesbert

hi,

first of all, isMinimized returns, whether the window is minimized or not, if you want to minimize it, use showMinimized.

Second, I don't understand your question about shortcut. What exactly do you mean by that? Where should it be used?

kalster

just below the following code is where i would like the short cut to the mainwindow method
@ui->setupUi(this);@

so it would look like this...
@ui->setupUi(this);
MainWindow *w = new MainWindow();@
or
@ui->setupUi(this);
MainWindow w;@

instead of typing MainWindow. all i type is w but when i type w in the mainwindow.cpp i don't get a list of methods to choose from. the exe is created but does not load up and i get no errors.

giesbert

You are the main window. so this would reference the main window. A shortcut is something you put on the desktop :-)

With your code you create a new MainWindow, so a second one. This is basic C++ and Object orientation.

kalster

thank you Gerolf. that makes since. no more desktop shortcuts for me :)