[SOLVED] display an image in textEdit

kalster

can i have an example on how to display an image inside of the textEdit widget?

goetz

You will have to make an HTML with <img> tag.

kalster

can i have an example please because i do not see an image method for textEdit?

goetz

It's just ordinary HTML:

@
<html>
<body>
There is a an image after this word <img src="/path/to/image" />.
</body>
</html>
@

kalster

wow that's easy. thank you Volker

kalster

how to write the image path so that the image loads on other OS. I need one line of code to be compatible on mac, linux and windows. is this possible?

I guess what i need to know is how to get the absolute path to my program?

alexisdm

You can get the path to your executable with "QApplication::applicationDirPath()":http://developer.qt.nokia.com/doc/qt-4.7/qcoreapplication.html#id-69a34508-b7ba-4b8f-9230-69019ffcb976

kalster

path information for the image.

@ui->textEdit->setHtml("<img src="+ QApplication::
applicationDirPath() + "/images.gif>");@

alexisdm

What is that code supposed to do ?

kalster

display an image inside of the textEdit and getting the image from the correct file path. the file path will output where your exe is located.

alexisdm

Try something like that:
@QString imagePath = QApplication::applicationDirPath() + "/image.png";
QString html = QString("<img src="%1" />").arg(imagePath);
ui->textEdit->setHtml(html);@
with the image in the same directory as your executable (don't forget the "/" at the beginning of your relative, since applicationDirPath() doesn't have one at its end).

Edit: you have to use < and > to display < and > in your post :)

kalster

thank you alexisdm. I fixed the code in my previous post