[SOLVED] textEdit return key was pressed

[kalster]

can i have an example please on how to tell if the return key was pressed in the textEdit widget?

[dbzhang800]

Subclass QTextEdit, then reimplement the keyPressEvent() or event(). And maybe you can found many such example in http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/all-examples.html

If you don't want to subclass QTextEdit, you can using eventfilter, example can be found in the manual: http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/qobject.html#installEventFilter

[kalster]

can i have examples please because i am trying problems implementing the if return key was pressed in the textedit widget.

below is the code that is not working. i am trying to get the code to click the saybutton when the return key is clicked in the textedit

@void MainWindow::keyPressEvent (QKeyEvent *e)
{
if ((e->key () == Qt::Key_Enter))
ui->sayButton->animateClick(1100);

}@

[kalster]

I found a solution. this code works great. You are able to detect a key pressed in a virtual keyboard. detecting the "return" key pressed in the textEdit will work.

@ui->textEdit->installEventFilter(this);@

put the above code in the constructor. change ui->textEdit to your widget.

@bool MainWindow::eventFilter(QObject *object, QEvent *event)
{
if (object == ui->textEdit && event->type() == QEvent::KeyPress)
{
QKeyEvent *keyEvent = static_cast<QKeyEvent *>(event);
if (keyEvent->key() == Qt::Key_Return)
{
// Special tab handling
qDebug("Enter Key Pressed...");
return true;
}
else
{
return QMainWindow::eventFilter(object, event);
}
}
else
{
return QMainWindow::eventFilter(object, event);
}
}@

[MMD18]

@kalster great solution. Even after 11 years it is still usefull.