[SOLVED] Editable QComboBox get manually inserted value

fluca1978

Hi all,
I'm quite new to Qt programming, so this could seem an awkward question. I've got a QComboBox editable, and in my code when the user clicks a button the slot does the following:

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QString eventID = ui->typeCombo->itemText( ui->typeCombo->currentIndex() );
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the problem is that this not working if the user has manually typed a string in the combobox, and has not hit the RETURN key (so to add the string to the combobox). The result in this case is null. Is there a way to get the user typed value even if the combo does not loose focus and to add it to the combo?

Thanks

koahnig

Welcome to the forum.

"This is probably what you need ":http://doc.qt.nokia.com/4.7/qcombobox.html#currentText-prop

andre

Why not use:
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QString eventID = ui->typeCombo->currentText();
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instead?

Note: please use @ tags around code sections to enable code formatting.

fluca1978

Thanks, it works!

mlong

Be sure and add [Solved] to the beginning of your thread title if it's solved. Thanks!