Qgraphicsitem clipping

[A Former User]

Hi,

I have a graphicsItem (parent) with several children.

i now set the flag "ClipsChildrenToShape" in parent. However, the children aren't clipped at all. When i add an effect (like shadow) to parent, the children are clipped to the shadow boundingrect. can any1 explain to me this behavior?

Thanks

[A Former User]

Have you overridden the shape() function on the parent QGraphicsItem?

[A Former User]

i tried both, with overwriting it and without. neither works