QPushButton checkable only by code

[Mark81]

I have this required scenario:

• QPushButton that reacts to clicks
• at run-time, based on some criteria I will set its checked state to true or false

I mean, when the user clicks on the button it should just fire the clicked signal without change it's checked state. But at the same time I need to change its checked state programmatically whenever is needed.

Any idea about?

[Mark81]

Solved subclassing QPushButton and by-passing the isCheckable constraint.

[Pablo J. Rogina]

@Mark81 if your issue is solved, please don't forget to mark the post as such! Thanks.

[Mark81]

Here a very quick and dirty solution:

#ifndef CHECKBUTTON_H
#define CHECKBUTTON_H

#include <QObject>
#include <QPushButton>

class CheckButton : public QPushButton
{
    Q_OBJECT

public:
    explicit CheckButton(QWidget *parent = nullptr) : QPushButton(parent) {}
    bool isChecked() const { return _isChecked; }
    void setChecked(bool checked)
    {
        if (_isChecked == checked) return;
        _isChecked = checked;
        if (checked) setStyleSheet("background-color: rgb(255, 85, 0);");
        else setStyleSheet("");
        emit checkedChanged(checked);
    }

signals:
    void checkedChanged(bool checked);

private:
    bool _isChecked;
};

#endif // CHECKBUTTON_H